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Science Needs a Solution for the Temptation of Positive Results

Science Needs a Solution for the Temptation of Positive Results

A few years back, scientists at the biotechnology company Amgen set out to replicate 53 landmark studies that argued for new approaches to treat cancers using both existing and new molecules. They were able to replicate the findings of the original research only 11 percent of the time.

Keeping a Lid on Open Science

Keeping a Lid on Open Science

Efforts to promote and enforce shared research have made progress in China, but there is much room for improvement.

Unattractive People Are Seen As Better Scientists

Unattractive People Are Seen As Better Scientists

Good looking, sociable people don’t make good scientists, according to popular stereotypes.

Anti-Vaccine Film Vaxxed Will Be Given Cannes Screening

Anti-Vaccine Film Vaxxed Will Be Given Cannes Screening

A documentary in which the disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield alleges that a link between vaccines and autism has been covered up by the US government is to be shown at the Cannes film festival.

Academies Calculate How Much Brexit Will Cost Researchers

Academies Calculate How Much Brexit Will Cost Researchers

Some fields will have a tougher time than others finding alternative sources.

Former Ethiopian Health Minister Becomes First African Head of the WHO

Former Ethiopian Health Minister Becomes First African Head of the WHO

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised for health reforms in his own country, takes the helm at a critical time.

White House’s 2018 Budget Plan Would “Devastate” R&D

White House’s 2018 Budget Plan Would “Devastate” R&D

The double-digit percentage cuts President Donald Trump is proposing in his fiscal 2018 budget plan for science and technology programs would “devastate America’s science and technology enterprise” and weaken the nation’s economic growth.

Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programmes Across Government

Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programmes Across Government

Proposed cuts include 11% at the National Science Foundation, 18% at the National Institutes of Health and 30% at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Report Lists Universities and Disciplines Most Dependent on EU Research and Innovation Funding

Report Lists Universities and Disciplines Most Dependent on EU Research and Innovation Funding

A new report jointly commissioned from the Technopolis Group by the UK’s four national academies reveals exactly where EU funding goes, what kind of activities it supports and what other investment it attracts.

How Women Mentors Make a Difference in Engineering

How Women Mentors Make a Difference in Engineering

They act as a “social vaccine” that protects female students against negative stereotypes and gives them a sense of belonging.

Trump Budget Proposes Massive Cuts to Medicaid, Science, and Biomedical Funding

Trump Budget Proposes Massive Cuts to Medicaid, Science, and Biomedical Funding

Despite criticism of an earlier draft of the budget proposal, the new proposal indicates the White House is determined to stay its course.

100% Open Access Agreement with Cambridge University Press

100% Open Access Agreement with Cambridge University Press

The universities in the Netherlands and Cambridge University Press (CUP) have recently concluded a three-year agreement guaranteeing 100% open access to academic journals.

Ways to Remove Greenhouse Gases to Be Investigated with New £2m Grant

Ways to Remove Greenhouse Gases to Be Investigated with New £2m Grant

An Imperial-led study will focus on how the world can meet climate change targets by removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Vast Set of Public CVs Reveals the World's Most Migratory Scientists

Vast Set of Public CVs Reveals the World's Most Migratory Scientists

Globe-trotting scientists are surprisingly hard to track, but data from ORCID provide a window into their movements.

Two Female Scientists and a Militant Environmentalist Join Emmanuel Macron

Two Female Scientists and a Militant Environmentalist Join Emmanuel Macron

Molecular geneticist and university administrator Frédérique Vidal is France’s new minister for higher education, research, and innovation.