The Attack of Zombie Science
They look like scientific papers. But they're distorting and killing science.
A Scientist For President
If elected, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo would bring an extensive background in science and engineering to Mexico’s presidency. But many researchers are anxious about how she would govern.
Experimental reproducibility has always been hard but cooperation could make it easier
Experimental reproducibility has always been hard but cooperation could make it easier
Is public money being thrown away on scientific research whose results won’t hold up to scrutiny?
Fifteen Journals to Outsource Peer-Review Decisions
Free reviews from a nonprofit body could add to questions facing scientific publishers.
A Conversation: Science, Ethics, and Policy
The word "bioethics" dates only to 1927, and the subject, as an academic discipline, is only about 50 years old, but the ethical questions that accompany scientific discovery are ancient.
US Health Care Reform: Progress and Next Steps
US Health Care Reform: Progress and Next Steps
In this Special Communication, President Barack Obama reviews the Affordable Care Act: why he pursued it, what it has effected, and how the health care system can still be improved.
Eric Lander Is Not the Ideal Choice for Presidential Science Adviser
Despite a long list of supremely qualified people who could inspire a whole new generation of scientists, the glass ceiling in American science remains intact.
Is It Time to Live with COVID-19? Some Scientists Warn of 'Endemic Delusion'
As pandemic restrictions lift, researchers stress the need to prepare for the next variant
Open is Not Enough
The solutions adopted by the high-energy physics community to foster reproducible research are examples of best practices that could be embraced more widely. This first experience suggests that reproducibility requires going beyond openness.
Science and the Breakdown of Trust
The COVID-19 syndemic is entering its most dangerous phase. There is a mounting breakdown of trust. Not only between politicians and the public. But also among politicians and publics with science and scientists. This breach of faith with science is far more threatening.
Engaging the Public in Science and Technology Studies
Research in science and technology studies (STS) goes beyond the traditional books and academic papers. It also includes the practical application of STS and how researchers are bringing those theories and knowledge to the public.
Citizen Participation and Technology: Lessons from the Fields of Deliberative Democracy and Science and Technology Studies
Citizen Participation and Technology: Lessons from the Fields of Deliberative Democracy and Science and Technology Studies
Deliberative democracy could be enriched by a deeper engagement with the material aspects of democratic processes. STS scholars would benefit from engaging more closely with democratic theory, as well.
How Science Visualization Can Help Save the World
Information graphics and the fight for science in Trump’s America
What Difference Do Retractions Make? An Estimate of the Epistemic Impact of Retractions on Recent Meta-analyses
What Difference Do Retractions Make? An Estimate of the Epistemic Impact of Retractions on Recent Meta-analyses
Every year, several hundred publications are retracted due to fabrication and falsification of data or plagiarism and other breeches of research integrity and ethics. However, the extent to which a retraction requires revising previous scientific estimates and beliefs is unknown.
Winners of 27 European Research Council Grants Leave the UK and Switzerland Because of Horizon Europe Impasse
Winners of 27 European Research Council Grants Leave the UK and Switzerland Because of Horizon Europe Impasse
Of 174 UK-based ERC grant winners 23, or around one in eight, have decided to relocate, while only four of 66 researchers based in Switzerland did so.
Latvia Pilots Citizen Engagement in Research Grant Evaluations
Consultation on societal challenges and scientific solutions will inform decision-making at country’s main research funder.
Authorea Acquires The Winnower
The Winnower will power a range of publishing services for researchers who are writing on Authorea.
When English is Not Your Mother Tongue
Seven researchers discuss the challenges posed by science's embrace of one global language.
Top 20 things scientists need to know about policy-making
Top 20 things scientists need to know about policy-making
When scientists moan about how little politicians know about science, I usually get annoyed. Such grouching is almost always counterproductive and more often than not betrays how little scientists know about the UK's governance structures, processes, culture and history.
We discovered one of social science's biggest frauds. Here's what we learned.
What are the right lessons to draw from the rise in scientific retractions?
What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?
Too Many Studies Have Hidden Conflicts of Interest. A New Tool Makes It Easier to See Them.
Journal Peer Review: A Bar or Bridge? An Analysis of a Paper's Revision History and Turnaround Time, and the Effect on Citation
Journal Peer Review: A Bar or Bridge? An Analysis of a Paper's Revision History and Turnaround Time, and the Effect on Citation
Article exploring the journal peer review process, examining how the reviewing process might itself contribute to papers, leading them to be more highly cited and to achieve greater recognition.
Disrupted Sleep Linked to Heart Disease and Death
Results from a long-term study of 8001 people suggest disrupted sleep is linked to cardiovascular disease and mortality - in women more than men.
The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.
The Case for 'Open Science': Do We Need Intellectual Property Law?
Professor Aled Edwards asks why we need an Intellectual Property law.
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