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Why You Should Donate Your Medical Data When You Die
Organs are not the only item of value from the deceased.
Steps to Help Turkey Build a Future on Research
The Turkish government must stop university dismissals and commit itself to creating a welcoming research environment if its grand plans for science are to succeed.
The Developing World Needs More Than Numbers
Policymakers should read the contents of published papers and not just count them, says Dyna Rochmyaningsih.
I’m a Scientist. This is What I’ll Fight For.
The War on Science is more than a skirmish over funding, censorship, and “alternative facts”. It’s a battle for the future, basic decency, and the people we love.
Acknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research
Acknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research
In this Viewpoint, Ioannidis discusses the problem of nonreproducibility in biomedical research and proposes implementing reproducibility assessments to improve research practices.
Virtual Reality’s Next Frontier
Virtualitics launches software that immerses viewers in complex models of data
Gold, Green, and Black Open Access
The debate about open access has until now focused on the gold (journals) versus the green route (manuscript self‐archival).
Novel Processes and Metrics for a Scientific Evaluation
In this approach, the goal of a scientist is transformed from convincing an editorial board through a vertical process to convincing peers through an horizontal one.
Why Apprenticeships Are Science's Future
Practical experience and no student debt make vocational training an enticing career option
Equality in Science: A Mission Still Not Accomplished
In the 1960s three African-American women helped put astronauts into orbit. Hidden Figures tells their story, but women in science are still battling inequality.
The Importance of Being REF-Able: Academic Writing Under Pressure from a Culture of Counting
The Importance of Being REF-Able: Academic Writing Under Pressure from a Culture of Counting
Research on academics’ writing practices has revealed tensions around the ways in which managerial practices interact with academics’ individual career goals, disciplinary values and sense of scholarly identity.
From a Tweet, a March for Science Is Born
It started with a tweet, but now it's an international movement. Spurred by concerns about the impact President Donald Trump's administration might have on research, the March for Science is "a call to support and safeguard the scientific community."
Do's and Don'ts for Scientists Who Want to Shape Policy
Paul Cairney counsels homework and lots of patience.
The Tragic Story of Soviet Genetics Shows the Folly of Political Meddling in Science
The Tragic Story of Soviet Genetics Shows the Folly of Political Meddling in Science
When politics meddles with science, it can lead to tragedy, as was the case with Stalin's favourite agricultural biologist Trofim Lysenko and his rival Nikolai Vavilov.
Avoiding an EU Own Goal on Digital Access to Knowledge
The EU should listen to the innovators, knowledge creators and developers when it comes to data mining: the potential benefits are too great to be ignored, writes Helen Frew.
A Lot of Americans Don't Know a Single Scientist. We Need to Fix That
This is one of our biggest failures as a scientific community — we haven’t done a good job of actually communicating with people about what we do.
The Promise of Augmented Reality
Replacing the real world with a virtual one is a neat trick. Combining the two could be more useful.
Scientific Publishing in a Time of Political Assaults
For publishers, this moment of political upheaval has the potential to allow them to reboot their fraught relationships with libraries, universities, and scientists.
Should Scientists Engage in Activism?
In the wake of the Flint water crisis and with a new notably anti-science president, U.S. scientists are reevaluating how to navigate the tension between speaking out and a fear of losing research funding.
AI's Open Source Model Is Closed, Inadequate, and Outdated
Without an open source model, the world outside the technology sector will continue to struggle in its adoption of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.
Interdisciplinary Research May Lead to Increased Visibility but Also Depresses Scholarly Productivity
Interdisciplinary Research May Lead to Increased Visibility but Also Depresses Scholarly Productivity
How does interdisciplinary research influence scholarship and scholarly careers?
How to Come Up With Wild and Crazy Ideas
“”Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein
What the Acquisition of Meta Means for Scholarly Publishers
Meta, a data science company, has been acquired by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, whose aim is to accelerate the pace of scientific advances.
With Research and Funding, Greater Attention Should be Given to Minority Illnesses
Yasmine Tadjine argues that more research funding and charitable donations should be given to less well-known illnesses.