Nuclear Power Is on Its Way Out
It’s another blow to an industry that has been hammered in the U.S. and Europe, leaving a huge opportunity for China to emerge as a global leader in nuclear technology.
Meta-Assessment of Bias in Science
Science is said to be suffering a reproducibility crisis caused by many biases. How common are these problems, across the wide diversity of research fields? We probed for multiple bias-related patterns in a large random sample of meta-analyses taken from all disciplines.
The Interdisciplinary Research Collection
The Interdisciplinary Research Collection highlights 11 articles that exemplify the diversity of interdisciplinary research published in PLOS ONE.
Why Scientific Consensus Is Worth Taking Seriously
Yes, collective missteps happen. But if anything, history shows how hard it is to get scientists to agree in the first place.
How Paywalls Harm Cancer Patients
10 stories from users of the Open Access Button on why they need research to be freely available.
Report Lists Universities and Disciplines Most Dependent on EU Research and Innovation Funding
Report Lists Universities and Disciplines Most Dependent on EU Research and Innovation Funding
A new report jointly commissioned from the Technopolis Group by the UK’s four national academies reveals exactly where EU funding goes, what kind of activities it supports and what other investment it attracts.
Harnessing Serendipity
Innovation is critical to sustained economic growth—and mathematics can help us understand how it works
Wiley Turns to Overleaf
John Wiley and Sons has announced a partnership with Overleaf, a cloud-based, collaborative authoring tool.
White House’s 2018 Budget Plan Would “Devastate” R&D
The double-digit percentage cuts President Donald Trump is proposing in his fiscal 2018 budget plan for science and technology programs would “devastate America’s science and technology enterprise” and weaken the nation’s economic growth.
Re-Envisioning a Future in Scholarly Communication
The scholarly process is ridden with single points of failures at all stages.
Our Path to Better Science in Less Time Using Open Data Science Tools
Our Path to Better Science in Less Time Using Open Data Science Tools
How several free software tools have fundamentally upgraded our approach to collaborative research, making our entire workflow more transparent and streamlined.
Former Ethiopian Health Minister Becomes First African Head of the WHO
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised for health reforms in his own country, takes the helm at a critical time.
A Stanford Scientist on the Biology of Human Evil
"Our species has problems with violence." —Biologist Robert Sapolsky
Reproducible Research, Just Not Reproducible By You
What happens when an experiment is correct, but it's really hard to replicate? Are there research results that are accurate but not reproducible?
Academies Calculate How Much Brexit Will Cost Researchers
Some fields will have a tougher time than others finding alternative sources.
Anti-Vaccine Film Vaxxed Will Be Given Cannes Screening
A documentary in which the disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield alleges that a link between vaccines and autism has been covered up by the US government is to be shown at the Cannes film festival.
Who Should Speak for Academics over the Future of Publishing?
Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe
Academics ‘Should Not Sign Over Research Copyright to Publishers’
Report urges academy to ‘embrace’ opportunities for wider research dissemination
It's Time for Academics to Take Back Control of Research Journals
The evolution to a high-profit industry was never planned. Academics need to make the case for lower-cost journals.
Monument to Peer Review Unveiled in Moscow
Cornerstone of modern science immortalized in concrete.
5th World Conference on Research Integrity
May 28-31, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Teaching Robots Right from Wrong
Artificial intelligence is outperforming the human sort in a growing range of fields – but how do we make sure it behaves morally?
Some Social Scientists Are Tired of Asking for Permission
If you took Psychology 101 in college, you probably had to enroll in an experiment to fulfill a course requirement or to get extra credit.
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