In Praise of Scientific Theory
Just a hunch? Hardly. Think germ theory, atomic theory and the theory of evolution.
Open Academic Search
A working group aiming to advance scientific research and discovery, promote technology that assists the scientific and academic communities, and make research available worldwide for the good of all humanity.
Next EU Research Fund Needs to Help Start-Ups to Scale-Up
Fear of investing in innovation is preventing promising start-ups from reaching their full potential and that’s preventing growth across Europe, a conference on the future of EU research funding heard.
Understanding Why Research Evidence Does or Doesn't Make It into Policy
Understanding Why Research Evidence Does or Doesn't Make It into Policy
Why breaking down walls between different academic disciplines could enhance our understanding of why research evidence does − or doesn’t − make it into policy.
Germans Provide Big Boost for Sequencing Often Ignored Organisms
Grant will help sequence thousands of plants, insects, and fungi
How AI Detectives Are Cracking Open the Black Box of Deep Learning
As neural nets push into science, researchers probe back
Scientist who Lied about Conflicts of Interest to the Senate Gets Suspended 6-month Sentence
Scientist who Lied about Conflicts of Interest to the Senate Gets Suspended 6-month Sentence
Michel Aubier downplayed the health risks of air pollution while on oil company Total's payroll
Announcing the rOpenSci Fellowships Program
Supporting efforts to help do better science, build community around projects or develop tools.
More Popular in Principle Than in Practice
Younger researchers may be particularly deterred by the fees associated with gold open access.
The Word Choices That Explain Why Jane Austen Endures
Two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen commands a cultural empire with her six novels at the center. It raises the question: Why her, as opposed to someone else?
The Earth Is Flat (p > 0.05)
Significance thresholds and the crisis of unreplicable research
Locking Science Open with Decentralized Scientific Archives
In a decentralized architecture, anyone has the ability to download and re-host data without changing it's permanent identifier.
Biology's Roiling Debate Over Publishing Research Early
Posting scientific papers online, free to the public, seems like a great idea. But it's more complicated than it sounds.
MIT Convenes Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to Institute's Research
Group will explore opportunities to disseminate MIT knowledge as widely as possible.
Introducing a New Series on Reproducibility of Scientific Research
Introducing a New Series on Reproducibility of Scientific Research
How are scholars and researchers working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science?
Sparrho Raises $3 Million to Democratize Access to Science Research
Sparrho is developing a free platform to find and share research publications and patents.
Open Science and its Discontents
The current funding climate certainly doesn’t favour changes, but that doesn’t mean that change isn’t possible.
Fake News: Sherlock Among the Tulips
The market is dominated by just a few publishers who exercise their power ruthlessly.
New ORFG Resource Provides Guidance to Funders Developing Open Policies
A guide intended to help research funders develop open policies that advance their organizational values.
Scientists Should Talk Directly to the Public
Our work helps answer some of society's greatest challenges, but it's usually conveyed with technical language in journals most citizens never see.
Science Has a Negativity Problem
Exciting new discoveries get all the attention — leaving just-as-important negative results in the dust. And fixing the problem is easier said than done.