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Economic Crisis in Argentina Could Trigger Scientific Collapse
Science ministry is eliminated in Argentina while budget cuts and inflation hamper labs’ daily operations.
'Life Changing' Climate Report Under Debate
Scientists discuss a report aimed at keeping global temperature rise under 1.5C this century. The report will be the guiding light for governments as they decide how to develop their economies in the face of rising temperatures over the coming decades.
Tired of Male-dominated Meetings, Leading Cancer Conference Makes Nearly All of Its Speakers Women
Tired of Male-dominated Meetings, Leading Cancer Conference Makes Nearly All of Its Speakers Women
October meeting in Germany reverses the usual gender ratio
Finland Joins Europe’s Bold Open-access Push
Nation’s funder is the first to join Plan S - which aims to make all scientific works free to read on publication - since the effort was announced.
Statement: CERN Stands for Diversity | Media and Press Relations
CERN considers the presentation delivered by an invited scientist during a workshop on High Energy Theory and Gender as highly offensive. It has therefore decided to remove the slides from the online repository, in line with a Code of Conduct that does not tolerate personal attacks and insults.
Why Nobel Prizes Fail 21st-century Science
It is the ultimate accolade, but critics claim the award is now out of step with modern collaborative research methods.
World University Rankings 2019: Results Announced
China is now home to the best university in Asia, while France’s Sorbonne University is the highest-ranked newcomer in the table.
Tips from the Other Side: How to Write the Best Graduate Fellowship Applications
Tips from the Other Side: How to Write the Best Graduate Fellowship Applications
A few tips and tricks for both doing your best on the application and making it through the process with your self esteem intact.
Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Respect for what you and your colleagues bring to the table is vital to successful integration.
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Marine biologists are using artificial intelligence to help them identify objects in millions of images.
Skepticism Surrounds Renowned Mathematician
The Riemann hypothesis, a formula related to the distribution of prime numbers, has remained unsolved for more than a century.
Cochrane Collaboration Expels Cofounder, Prompts Resignations
Physician Peter Gotzsche, a board member of the organization, has been an outspoken critic of certain vaccines and of the pharma industry in general.
Are Research Infrastructures the Answer to All Our Problems?
Embracing a global view of EU research infrastructures could boost science diplomacy and break down walls put up by divisive politics. But new rules on cooperation and more funding are needed to deliver the vision.
ETH Zurich Spin-out Auterion Raises $10M to Disrupt the Drone Industry
How has this Swiss start-up attracted some of the world's top investors? Could Auterion's success be attributed to just 3 success factors?
More and More Scientists Are Preregistering Their Studies. Should You?
Declaring in advance what you're going to study, and how, helps avoid p-hacking and publication bias.
Gender Gap in Engineering
The Swiss Science Council reports that according to recent statistics, the gender gap in the technical sciences and engineering fields is still disproportionately high in Europe and North America. European countries with high-income have a surprisingly low proportion of female engineers in research and industry, in comparison to developing countries like Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia and Latin America.
From 101 Innovations to a Roadmap for Collaboration
Last month, I participated virtually in the Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools (JROST) workshop as 86 individuals from 58 different organizations gathered in Berkeley on August 27-28 to explore the growing category of open source scholarly workflow tools, to…
Top US Science Agency Unveils Hotly Anticipated Harassment Policy
The National Science Foundation's rules for reporting harassment by grant recipients are the strictest yet instituted by a US government science agency.
Mass Resignation Guts Board of Prestigious Cochrane Collaboration
Governing board of the evidence-based medicine group may now be dissolved entirely.
Turmoil Erupts over Expulsion from Leading Evidence-based Medicine Group
One of the medical world’s most respected expert bodies is in turmoil as its annual meeting gets underway after its governing board voted to expel a member.
A Look Inside Chan Zuckerberg, the Philanthropic Project Funded by Billions in Facebook Stock Sales
A Look Inside Chan Zuckerberg, the Philanthropic Project Funded by Billions in Facebook Stock Sales
Two years after Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced an audacious plan to use their Facebook fortune to try and end disease in their children's lifetime, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has ballooned to 250 people.
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.
Open Research Fund: Applications Submitted
For the first time, the Wellcome Trust is publishing received project proposals, and will be adding funding decisions end of October.