Why Apprenticeships Are Science's Future
Practical experience and no student debt make vocational training an enticing career option
Can Auditing Scientific Research Help Fix Its Reproducibility Crisis?
New research predicts that audits would reduce the number of false positive results from 30.2 per 100 papers to 12.3 per 100.
Do You Have Concerns About Plan S? Then You Must Be an Irresponsible, Privileged, Conspiratorial Hypocrite
Do You Have Concerns About Plan S? Then You Must Be an Irresponsible, Privileged, Conspiratorial Hypocrite
Over 1,200 researchers signed an open letter expressing concern about Plan S. Then Twitter came for them -- and, more particularly, for the woman who organized the letter.
Indonesia's Science Super-Agency Must Earn Researchers' Trust
The drastic shake-up of the country's science system is intended to boost innovation, but there are concerns about political interference in the new centralized agency.
Egyptian Researchers Rally Around Science Advocate
Ismail Serageldin, founding director of the Library of Alexandria, has appealed a 3.5-year prison term
How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
As artificially intelligent tools for literature and data exploration evolve, developers seek to automate how hypotheses are generated and validated.
Make Science PhDs More Than Just a Training Path for Academia
Science PhD programmes cater almost exclusively to students bound for academia, but they don't have to.
How the COVID-19 Crisis Has Prompted a Revolution in Scientific Publishing
How the COVID-19 Crisis Has Prompted a Revolution in Scientific Publishing
Preprint servers have existed for decades, but the fight against the coronavirus has seen their use soar. They're changing how science is done-but need important guardrails.
Mental Health of Graduate Students Sorely Overlooked
Too few resources exist to help early-career scientists deal with the stresses encountered in today's 'publish or perish' culture.
Covid-19 Expert Karl Friston: 'Germany May Have More Immunological "dark Matter"'
Studying History Should Not Be Only for the Elite, Say Academics
As two UK universities cut their courses, historians fear others could follow.
Dutch Researchers Uncover Roman Temple Complex
In a "highly unusual find," archaeologists in the Netherlands uncovered the remains of temples where Roman soldiers once paid tribute to their gods and goddesses.
Framework Programme 10 Should Have a Stable and Predictable Budget, French Research Minister Says
Framework Programme 10 Should Have a Stable and Predictable Budget, French Research Minister Says
France's research minister Sylvie Retailleau is joining a growing chorus of politicians asking for an ironclad commitment from EU member states that the next framework research programme, FP10, will not have its budget taken to pieces to fund emerging priorities. "Science needs a multiannual plan that is predictible and has budgetary stability," Retailleau told Science|Business.
Fake Publishing - the Greatest Scientific Fraud
Bernhard A. Sabel at the Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany and Dan Larhammar at Uppsala University, Sweden present the 'Stockholm Declaration' for the 'Reformation of Science Publishing' published in Royal Society Open Science.
Swiss Researchers Turning to Crowdfunding
Thanks to crowdfunding, Swiss university students can build an airplane and solve an energy problem. But is this the best way to finance good science?
A Nobel Prize Winner Is Freeing Women Scientists from Household Chores
Science is a brutally competitive field. Long days in the lab are a given. Every hour of available time is an advantage, especially in the crucial early years of a postdoctoral career.
Democrats Cite More Science Than Republicans in Policy Documents
Analysis of U.S. policy documents reveals very little overlap in the science that Democrats and Republicans cite, deepening concerns over shared facts.
The culture of scientific research
Online survey to explore the culture of research in the UK and its effect on ethical conduct in science and the quality of research.
People with Poor Numerical Literacy 'more Susceptible' to Covid-19 'fake News'
People with Poor Numerical Literacy 'more Susceptible' to Covid-19 'fake News'
Cambridge University study also suggests older people less likely to believe coronavirus misinformation.
Novel Processes and Metrics for a Scientific Evaluation
In this approach, the goal of a scientist is transformed from convincing an editorial board through a vertical process to convincing peers through an horizontal one.
Scientific Productivity: An Exploratory Study of Metrics and Incentives
Scientific Productivity: An Exploratory Study of Metrics and Incentives
Current bibliometric incentives discourage innovative studies and encourage scientists to shift their research to subjects already actively investigated.
7 Things Manifesto Writers Should Know About Science | Wellcome
A UK election has been called for the 12 December. That means the scramble is on for the political parties to pull together a manifesto that will capture the imagination and lead to votes.
Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science
Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science
Here's how NASA is incentivizing open science, and how you can too.
Peer review beyond trust: why the system must evolve
Emerging challenges are exposing limits to a system that was not designed to withstand. Peer review is at an inflection point.
Where is the UK Science Minister? Government's Plans Worry Researchers
New Prime Minister Liz Truss has yet to appoint someone to oversee research, and her economic policy has sparked a currency crisis.
Science Should be Open to all Not Behind Paywalls
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
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