It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell.
The world’s most potent technologists are stranded in today’s innovation ecosystem.
When I started formally mentoring undergraduate and graduate students almost 2 years ago, I was excited about the opportunity to help young scientists grow, but I was also nervous about the responsibility.
5–8 September 2017, Bern, Switzerland
Project probing whether high-impact papers can be replicated releases latest results
Patients can plead their case for damages even in the absence of scientific evidence, European Court of Justice rules
David Spiegelhalter, president of Royal Statistical Society, says sloppy attitude to statistics leads to misleading claims and draws parallels to rise of fake news
Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant
Misinformation about well-being is particularly rife, and particularly dangerous.
The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.
A time-limited exercise in which academics from many disciplines and from all over the world were brought together virtually to produce an academic article.
Exploring research career transitions and shaping research culture in the UK.
New procedures give president final say in academy's elections.
The number of researchers who work on basic science questions has dropped precipitously.
The recent long read about scientific publishing in the Guardian is fantastic. It depicts a very telling story of the research publishing landscape.
There are probably much better reasons for creating a diverse team and organization than boosting creativity.
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes.
A survey of current practice in Germany and Austria
I recently decided to abandon the rules that govern nature for the rules that govern people and markets: economics. Why would I do such a thing?
The British Academy and the Royal Society are carrying out a project examining new uses of data and their implications, and reviewing the data governance landscape.
Fed up with the relentless pressure to produce reams of jazzed-up findings, a group of junior researchers at the University of Cambridge are fighting back with a campaign called Bullied into Bad Science.
