Mathematical model works by trying to remove skewing of results in group funding decisions

Students can learn the basics with a set of knitting needles.

Software called DeepCoder has solved simple programming challenges by piecing together bits of borrowed code.

New software that sees spots and stripes are helping biologists track animals in the wild without the tranquilizer guns and radio collars.

New study sheds new light on impact of federal sanctions.

Researchers will have to deal with attacks from a range of powerful foes in the coming years – and for many, it has already started.

When firing Allen Braun, the NIDCD also barred his colleagues from publishing data collected over a 25-year period.

AAAS, AGU now among official partners.

Beijing is ready for the US to stop taking all the credit on AI advancements.

Researchers at Stanford University have created an AI algorithm that can identify skin cancer as well as a professional doctor.

Crowd troubled by direction of Trump administration.

ESA today announced it has adopted an Open Access policy for its content such as still images, videos and selected sets of data. 

Global research funds for these illnesses are at their lowest levels for a decade, when cash for West Africa epidemic is excluded.

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2017 Erasmus Prize to the Canadian cultural sociologist Michèle Lamont.

HBO has released the first teaser for its upcoming film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The story of Henrietta Lacks was documented in Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 book of the same title.

Universities across the country are struggling with rising journal prices

Existing model of outreach that seeks to inform an ‘ignorant’ public is broken.

Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network 

Being based in an English-speaking country is the most significant factor in boosting a researcher’s likelihood of being published in a high-impact medical journal, a study has suggested.

While the University Grants Commission’s system prioritizes peer-reviewed papers, experts not involved in the initiative express concern that it could incentivize cheating.

Tired of alternative facts, two Seattle professors aim to strike a blow for science. Their weapon? A new course: “Calling Bullshit In the Age of Big Data.”

A growing chorus of experts says that scientific research is using too wide a net — and therefore publishing results that turn out to be false.

The dispute between researchers at UC Berkeley and the Broad Institute over the invention of the powerful gene-editing technique has been decided.

Elsevier integrated Plum Analytics and Quertle to assist researchers in analyzing higher number of articles and identifying the correct one for their research.

Arrangement could be sign of things to come

Trump Administration removed all open data (9GB) from the White House.

Doudna and Berkeley may appeal the ruling in favor of MIT and Harvard. There is big money at stake.

The provisional agreement may set a precedent for other funders and journal publishers.

The drone can carry a person and a small suitcase, and flies at up to 100 miles per hour.

BioRxiv is a pre-print repository for life science researchers who can now easily share their unpublished work with the research community.