How Genetics Is Changing Our Understanding of Race
If scientists avoid discussing the topic candidly, racist theories will fill the vacuum.
Rethink Public Engagement for Gene Editing
The breadth of social and moral questions raised requires a new architecture for democratic debate, insists Simon Burall.
Mining 50 Years of Astronomy and Astrophysics Publications Data
Looking at of the gender gap in 50 years of publications in astronomy and astrophysics.
Talent vs Luck: The Role of Randomness in Success and Failure
Article underlines the risks of distributing excessive honors or resources to people who, at the end of the day, could have been simply luckier than others. Policy hypotheses are addressed to show the most efficient strategies for public funding of research in order to improve meritocracy, diversity and innovation.
The Proposal to Lower P Value Thresholds to .005
John Ioannidis discusses the potential effects on clinical research of a 2017 proposal to lower the default P value threshold for statistical significance from .05 to .005 as a means to reduce false-positive findings.
Open Access to Scientific Publications Must Become a Reality by 2020
Making scientific publications free to read is a big change in a world dominated by subscription journals. Why is it so important that science publications become open access?
The NIH Must Reduce Disparities in Funding to Maximize Its Return on Investments from Taxpayers
Study Finds Female College Graduates Newly on the Job Market Are Punished for Having Good Grades
Scientists Reverse Finding That Gene Editing Technology Had Flaws
It seems that CRISPR technology may indeed be all that it promises.
Investigating the Context of Citations
A report from a short project using natural language processing and machine learning on open-access content to understand what lies beneath a citation.
Best Universities in the Arab World 2018
Explore the top universities in parts of the Middle East and North Africa based on data collected by Times Higher Education
New Study Hints at Who Is Successful
A new study of 728 campaigns from a crowdfunding platform finds that women and students tend to do better.
The EPA Says It Wants Research Transparency
A proposed policy would bar the E.P.A. from considering research that doesn't release its raw data for review, blocking some significant work.
No Women No Panel Campaign
The No Women No Panel Campaign initiated by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has been supported and reiterated by several of her colleagues from the European Commission. She committed to ensuring at least one other woman is part of panels she is invited to speak at.
SNSF Simplifies Open Access Publishing
The SNSF is strengthening publishing Open Access: as of 1 April 2018, it will be easier to publish books and journal articles that are openly accessible.
Cambridge Analytica Controversy Must Spur Researchers to Update Data Ethics
Cambridge Analytica Controversy Must Spur Researchers to Update Data Ethics
A scandal over an academic’s use of Facebook data highlights the need for research scrutiny.
I Love Preprints
I’m in graduate school to learn, and preprints—draft versions of journal articles that are shared prior to peer review—offer a great opportunity to do just that. Here’s how preprints help young researchers grow in ways traditional types of scientific communication don’t.
The Special Challenges of Being Both a Scientist and a Mom
I didn’t really understand how unjust the academic system was for career advancement for women until I had children
Assessing Scientists for Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure
A growing number of scientific leaders believe the current system of faculty incentives and rewards is misaligned with the needs of society. Here we propose six principles for assessing scientists and associated research and policy implications.
How Are Academic Lives Sustained?
Gender and the ethics of care in the neoliberal accelerated academy.
Life Science Alliance
Life Science Alliance is a global, open-access, editorially independent, and peer-reviewed journal launched by an alliance of EMBO Press, Rockefeller University Press, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
NIH Moves to Punish Researchers who Violate Confidentiality
The NIH announced in December 2017 that it would rereview dozens of applications that might have been compromised in terms of confidentiality.
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