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Virtue and Willingness

Virtue and Willingness

The urgency of the climate crisis demands individual ethics as much as a willingness to cooperate with power. But reconnecting humans with the natural world also forces us to revisit the promises of ever-growing efficiency and a culture of exploitation.

The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you

The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you

Companies like Facebook aren’t building technology for you, they’re building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives.

Indian Government Should Heed Its Scientists on COVID

Indian Government Should Heed Its Scientists on COVID

Researchers have spoken out against policies that have exacerbated the country's coronavirus crisis. Policymakers must listen.

Building the Last Mile: A Plan for Bringing the Expanding Universe of Digital Primary Sources into Classrooms

Building the Last Mile: A Plan for Bringing the Expanding Universe of Digital Primary Sources into Classrooms

Getting digitized primary source materials into the classroom requires an open dialogue among researchers, teachers, and archivists. A workshop from historians of business shows how.

Concept of Net Zero is a Dangerous Trap

Concept of Net Zero is a Dangerous Trap

Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to 'greenwash' their lack of commitment to solving global warming.

15 French Volunteers Leave Cave After 40 Days Without Daylight or Clocks

15 French Volunteers Leave Cave After 40 Days Without Daylight or Clocks

This project investigated how a lack of external contact would affect sense of time - and two thirds wanted to stay longer.

ELife Latest: Authors Can Now Submit a Manuscript to the Journal and MedRxiv at the Same Time

ELife Latest: Authors Can Now Submit a Manuscript to the Journal and MedRxiv at the Same Time

As eLife transitions to exclusively reviewing preprints, we have integrated medRxiv into our submission process for the rapid sharing of new medical research.

Don't Hire Top Talent; Hire for Weaknesses!

Don't Hire Top Talent; Hire for Weaknesses!

Design your hiring process to find the right people to strengthen your teams' weaknesses, rather than trying to find the best people. Instead of "how can we find the smartest people?" think about "how can we find the people who will make our team stronger?"

Science Museum Faces Backlash over Shell Sponsorship of Climate Exhibition

Science Museum Faces Backlash over Shell Sponsorship of Climate Exhibition

The Science Museum is facing a backlash after it revealed that fossil fuel giant Shell would be the sponsor of its flagship climate exhibition when it reopens in May.

Scientific Tweets: Why Less is More and when a Tweet is Perceived As Being Scientific

Scientific Tweets: Why Less is More and when a Tweet is Perceived As Being Scientific

Communication within the scientific community without twitter has become hard to imagine. It was only a matter of time, then, until someone started examining what makes a tweet scientific in itself. Dr Athanasios Mazarakis has examined this more closely and, in his guest article, reveals what he discovered when researching the scientific character of tweets.

Are You Confused by Scientific Jargon? So Are Scientists

Are You Confused by Scientific Jargon? So Are Scientists

Scientific papers containing lots of specialized terminology are less likely to be cited by other researchers.

Data Together: Fostering Cooperation Among Open Science Platforms

Data Together: Fostering Cooperation Among Open Science Platforms

Collectively referred to as Data Together, the four collaborating international data organisations-CODATA, GO FAIR, RDA, WDS-have a joint commitment to work together to optimise the global research data ecosystem and to identify opportunities that will trigger federated infrastructures to service the new reality of data-driven science.

Coronavirus Tracker: the Latest Figures

Coronavirus Tracker: the Latest Figures

The FT analyses the scale of outbreaks and tracks the vaccine rollouts around the world.

Mellon Foundation Grant to Support Investigation into Hidden Costs of Open Infrastructure

Mellon Foundation Grant to Support Investigation into Hidden Costs of Open Infrastructure

New funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support research and analysis into the hidden costs of open infrastructure. Hiring is now open for IOI's first Research Data Analyst.

Imposters and Impersonators in Preprints: How Do We Trust Authors in Open Science?

Imposters and Impersonators in Preprints: How Do We Trust Authors in Open Science?

Preprints play a crucial role in open science but offer an opportunity to be gamed. Fictitious authorship in preprints show that open science needs checks and we need to collaborate to govern Open Science.

Lesser-Known Privileges of Academic Rank

Lesser-Known Privileges of Academic Rank

Congratulations on the successful defense of your dissertation. This is a significant accomplishment, and you should have the opportunity to savor ...

Plan S Impact Survey

Plan S Impact Survey

cOAlition S values the opinion of all researchers. We want to understand if and how Plan S affects your publishing practices and your views on Open Access.