Hungary Rewards Highly Cited Scientists With Bonus Grants
Some top researchers prosper in Hungary as country tries to improve its international standing in science.
Want to Change Federal Policies? Here's How
One of the best ways to shape public policy is for experts to submit detailed, technical information through the public comment process.
Francis Crick Institute's GBP700m Building 'Too Noisy to Concentrate'
Some of the 1,250 people working at the year-old laboratory say its open plan layout, designed to produce collaboration, makes it hard to focus on work
Sudden Shift at a Public Health Journal Leaves Scientists Feeling Censored
Claiming overreach by a new publisher, the journal’s editorial board asks for disciplinary action from the National Library of Medicine.
Rewarding Negative Results Keeps Science on Track
Creating a culture of replication takes prizes, grants and magnanimity — as well as publications.
We've Failed: Pirate Black Open Access Is Trumping Green and Gold and We Must Change Our Approach
We've Failed: Pirate Black Open Access Is Trumping Green and Gold and We Must Change Our Approach
While green and gold open access have been put forward as two worthy emperors, it is time to conclude that they are unclothed.
European Medicines Agency Will Move to Amsterdam
London’s loss, as a result of Brexit vote, is lamented by U.K. researchers
Dissipative Adaptation, The Origins of Life and Deep Learning
In this piece, I will explain how the explanation of the emergence of life could also explain the mechanism of Deep Learning.
Authorship and Contribution Disclosures
Journals are adopting policies that require the disclosure of individual authors’ contributions. However, it is not clear whether and how these disclosures improve upon the conventional approach.
Tech as We Know It Would Not Exist Without Immigrants
This Thanksgiving, we bring you four portraits of immigrants in tech—from the C-Suite to the gig economy.
Federal Council Adapts Copyright Law to the Digital Age
With the revision to the Copyright Act, the Federal Council wants to strengthen the rights and interests of creative artists and the cultural industries by taking a resolute approach to pirated online content.
A Few Things that Would Reduce Stress around Reproducibility
Here's a list of more cultural things we can do to reduce the stress/pressure around the reproducibility crisis.
The Many Fallacies Used to Defend Subscription Publishing
For all the wonderful things academic societies do, they tend to be incredibly conservative and have done very little to suggest that they can lead on publishing innovation.
The Tech Industry Needs more Women
When women are unleashed on the tech world, new ways of living and doing business reveal themselves.
A Link between Author Gender and Attention to Gender and Sex Analysis
An analysis of a large database of medical research papers shows a correlation between women's authorship and the likelihood of a study including gender and sex analysis.
STEMM Equality Congress, Amsterdam - Oct 2018
STEMM Equality Congress (SEC) is an annual two day event that looks at ways of addressing equality and diversity in STEMM through policy, practice and collaboration. 2018's Congress will be held in Amsterdam.
Research Health Needs a Dedicated Group
A US Research Integrity Advisory Board is long overdue. Such a leadership body would mitigate bad practices and strengthen good research.
Gender Equality from a European Perspective: Myth and Reality
Academia needs to carefully evaluate why new family friendly policies have not been very effective.
The Female Tech Bosses Who Want Zebras Not Unicorns
A new movement calls for tech investors to back more start-ups led by women and people from ethnic minorities.
Sci-Hub Domains Inactive Following Court Order
'Free science'/pirate site operator 'working on solving DNS issue'
China Leads BRICS University Rankings
7 out of the top 10 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2018 are in the east-Asian nation.
Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Publishing
Golden OA creates a conflict of interest: in a situation where the number of scientists is larger than the number of available positions, both journals and scientists benefit from publishing as many articles as possible.
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