Why STEM Majors Need the Humanities
It’s often argued that studying the liberal arts will enrich the life of the mind. For STEM majors, it can also give them a practical advantage in their careers.
How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
This comprehensive guide offers a road map to make sure your classroom interactions and course design reach all students, not just some of them.
Are We Providing What Researchers Need in the Transition to Open Science?
There are still barriers and hesitations around open research practices. The authors of this article suggest that publishers and technology platforms can better support authors and drive uptake.
Academic torrents
The academic torrents network is built for researchers, by researchers. Its distributed peer-to-peer library system automatically replicates your datasets on many servers, so you don't have to worry about managing your own servers or file availability. Everyone who has data becomes a mirror for those data so the system is fault-tolerant.
Study Shows How Italy Faces Brain Drain That Defies Expectations
A brain drain of emigrating researchers might not be as bad as it sounds for Italy, according to an analysis that found that the worst-performing - as well as the best - researchers were leaving the country.
Alcohol Caused 740,000 Cancer Cases Globally Last Year - Study
Alcohol Caused 740,000 Cancer Cases Globally Last Year - Study
Researchers behind estimate say more needs to be done to raise public awareness of link
Guidelines on Lab-grown Embryo Models Are Strong Enough to Meet Ethical Standards - and Will Build Trust in Science
Guidelines on Lab-grown Embryo Models Are Strong Enough to Meet Ethical Standards - and Will Build Trust in Science
The UK code of practice for researchers working with stem-cell-based embryo models is designed to both reassure the public and provide valuable guidance to researchers.
FP10 Should Remain Open, Excellent and Secure
Applying an ‘EU preference’ to advanced science and technology will only increase Europe’s strategic vulnerabilities.
For Sharing A Scientific Paper, a Young Researcher Faces Jail Time
The case of Colombian scientist Diego Gomez — on trial for copyright violation for sharing a research paper — is likely to reach a head later this month.
Why Hiring the ‘Best’ People Produces the Least Creative Results
If you want to explore things you haven’t explored, having people who look just like you and think just like you is not the best way. We must see the forest, thinks Scott Page collegiate professor of complex systems, and author of the book book "The Diversity Bonus".
Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds
Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health Organization says.
Science Without Open Data Isn't Science
Science Without Open Data Isn't Science
Without open data, a scientific paper is little more than a statement that, in the author’s opinion, some evidence supports a certain set of claims.
How to Bring Prestige to Open Access - and Make Science More Reliable
By creating journals that put a premium on replicability, grant-funding agencies can revolutionize the publishing landscape.
What Should the Next President Do to Restore Science to Decisionmaking?
The new report, Presidential Recommendations for 2020: A Blueprint for Defending Science and Protecting the Public, outlines a suite of recommendations that the next president can take to protect the health and safety of the public through restoring science to government decisionmaking processes. The report focuses on strengthening three major principles underlying science-based decisionmaking: independence, transparency, and free speech.
The Rise of Citational Justice: How Scholars Are Making References Fairer
Research Networks ‘More Important’ for Female Scientists
Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network
Although Hard to Define, Narrative CVs Are Changing How We Think About Researcher Assessment
Although Hard to Define, Narrative CVs Are Changing How We Think About Researcher Assessment
Narrative academic CVs present a means to bypass aspects of a research evaluation culture that is focused on the volume and venue of publications. Drawing on work promoting this format, researchers show how these texts more often foreground the problems they are meant to address, than how the format works in practice.
Crack down on scientific fraudsters
According to a study published last year, “most investigators who engage in wrongdoing, even serious wrongdoing, continue to conduct research at their institutions.”
Economic Crisis in Argentina Could Trigger Scientific Collapse
Science ministry is eliminated in Argentina while budget cuts and inflation hamper labs’ daily operations.
The Science Behind Women Leaders' Success In Fighting Covid-19
The Science Behind Women Leaders' Success In Fighting Covid-19
Women leaders around the world have had considerably more success in slowing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, and two economists based in the United Kingdom can now explain why.
Science Could Solve Some of the World's Biggest Problems. Why Aren't Governments Using It?
Should Academic Misconduct Be Catalogued? Proposed US Database Sparks Debate
Should Academic Misconduct Be Catalogued? Proposed US Database Sparks Debate
Repository would require US universities to register research fraud and workplace harassment.
Ditching 'Anthropocene': Why Ecologists Say the Term Still Matters
Beyond stratigraphic definitions, the name has broader significance for understanding humans' place on Earth.
China Accounts for More Than Half of Leading Output in the Applied Sciences
China Accounts for More Than Half of Leading Output in the Applied Sciences
The first Nature Index table on the field shows how research in the East is focused on industrial strategy.
Should systematic reviewers report suspected misconduct?
Authors of systematic review articles sometimes overlook misconduct and conflicts of interest present in the research they are analyzing, according to a recent study published in BMJ Open.
India's Chief Science Adviser: Cost of Academic Publishing is 'untenable'
India's annual multi-million-euro outlay on scientific publishing is a bad deal for the country, says Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan, principal scientific adviser to the government.
Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why
Japan’s contribution to world-class research continues to decline, despite having one of the world’s largest research communities, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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