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University Report Makes Recommendations to Address Gender, Race Disparities Among Faculty

University Report Makes Recommendations to Address Gender, Race Disparities Among Faculty

A two-year study by the University on the status of women and underrepresented minority faculty at Columbia has resulted in a set of proposals on ways to close salary gaps, spur academic advancement and improve the overall work environment.

Darpa Wants to Solve Science's Reproducibility Crisis With AI

Darpa Wants to Solve Science's Reproducibility Crisis With AI

Social science has an image problem - too many findings don't hold up. A new project will crank through 30,000 studies to try to identify red flags.

Machine Learning 'Causing Science Crisis'

Machine Learning 'Causing Science Crisis'

Techniques used to analyse data are producing misleading and often wrong results, critics say.

COAlition S Welcomes Its First African Member and Receives Strong Support from the African Academy of Sciences

COAlition S Welcomes Its First African Member and Receives Strong Support from the African Academy of Sciences

With the membership of NSTC, the main public research funding body in the Republic of Zambia, cOAlition S now has members in Europe, North America, and Africa, and has received further support in the Middle East and Asia, with particular support by China.

COMPare: a Prospective Cohort Study Correcting and Monitoring 58 Misreported Trials in Real Time

COMPare: a Prospective Cohort Study Correcting and Monitoring 58 Misreported Trials in Real Time

This is the first empirical study of major academic journals’ willingness to publish a cohort of comparable and objective correction letters on misreported high-impact studies.

Women Are Winning More Scientific Prizes, But Men Still Win the Most Prestigious Ones

Women Are Winning More Scientific Prizes, But Men Still Win the Most Prestigious Ones

According to a study of 628 awards given over five decades, men still win the most prestigious scientific prizes.

We Have A Long Way To Go Before Women Are Equally Represented In The Sciences

We Have A Long Way To Go Before Women Are Equally Represented In The Sciences

February 11th was International Women and Girls in Science Day, but despite the best efforts of many parents, teachers, and policymakers over the last two decades the numbers are still dismal.

School Climate Strike Children's Brave Stand Has Our Support

School Climate Strike Children's Brave Stand Has Our Support

We are inspired that our children, spurred on by the noble actions of Greta Thunberg and other striking students, are making their voices heard, say 224 academics

Main Outcomes of NWO/ZonMw Consultation Meeting on Plan S

Main Outcomes of NWO/ZonMw Consultation Meeting on Plan S

On the 31th of January NWO and ZonMw organised a consultation meeting as part of the public feedback on the implementation of Plan S. The meeting was very well attended with over 250 people representing all segments of the Dutch research community.

Bias Against Female Scientists Revealed in Study of Canadian Grants Program

Bias Against Female Scientists Revealed in Study of Canadian Grants Program

Female scientists are less likely to win research dollars from the federal government's grant agency (CIHR), when the grant application is reviewed based on the scientist leading the project, rather than the proposal.

Scientists Don't Stay for Long in Their Jobs Anymore: Study

Scientists Don't Stay for Long in Their Jobs Anymore: Study

Plus, more scientists nowadays spend their entire careers in supporting roles, rather than leading their own research programs.