Germany Is Threatening Biohackers With Prison
Germany Is Threatening Biohackers With Prison
Any science enthusiast doing genetic engineering outside of a licensed facility might face a fine of €50,000 or up to three years in prison.
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The Robotic Researchers
This episode we spoke to Max Hodak Founder and CEO of Transcriptic, a Menlo Park based biotech company offering a robotic solution to research in the life sciences.
Chief scientist Alan Finkel lashes out at Trump
Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel has said US President Donald Trump's move to censor environmental data is 'reminiscent' of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's control of science in the USSR.
Scholix.org
The Scholix initiative is a high level interoperability framework for exchanging information about the links between scholarly literature and data.
Class on How To Spot Fake Data Goes Viral
Two University of Washington professors are taking aim at BS in a provocatively named new course they hope to teach this spring.
10 Black Women in Academia That You Need To Know About
Every single day new advancements are being made in the world of education, but when you look at the media and the people who are making these advancements, you rarely will see a black woman being honored.
What Is a Hackathon?
And why should you care? There's a global trend of companies integrating hackathons into their overall innovation strategy.
Mathematical Genius Is Fragile. We Need To Stop Destroying It.
The legends of mathematics that almost never were.
Glasstree
Glasstree allows academics and their supporting institutions to actually profit from sales of their work.
How to Come Up With Wild and Crazy Ideas
“”Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein
Science Undivided
A pledge not to take part in scientific conferences in the United States that cannot be attended by all, regardless of their nationality or religion.
A National Open Access Strategy
Toward the Unrestricted Publication of Research Output
Building an Open Science MOOC
Let’s build a MOOC to teach Open Science! Here’s a draft framework already in place, which anyone can contribute to.
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.
New Open-Access Journal on Public Engagement With Research
A new open-access journal that focuses on the importance of public engagement to research has been published.
Who Isn’t Profiting Off the Backs of Researchers?
Academia.edu, ResearchGate and private publishers all have something in common.
The Dataverse Project
An open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data.
NumFOCUS. Open Code = Better Science
NumFOCUS is a nonprofit that supports and promotes world-class, innovative, open source scientific software.
Letter to the House of Representatives on the Progress of Open Science
Letter from the Dutch State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science informing the House of Representatives of the progress made in the field of open science.
How Life (and Death) Spring From Disorder
Life was long thought to obey its own set of rules. But as simple systems show signs of lifelike behavior, scientists are arguing about whether this apparent.
Now More Than Ever
Now More Than Ever
For those interested in knowing what is in the world around them, the current news is disgusting. All US Environmental Protection Agency grants have been frozen, and employees are being prohibited from discussing the changes or talking to the public.
Trump Just Ordered Government Scientists to Hide Facts From the Public
He also immediately suspended all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contracts and grants.
Can New Models of Publishing Better Salvage the Benefits of Peer Review?
Do journals do a good job of finding appropriate peers to review papers? Are editors always in the best place to decide the fate of a paper based on a severely limited sampling of peer reports?
Meta and The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Meta.ai is joining the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
The ABC of panel scoring: Anchoring, Bias and Committee Procedures
Academic life is particularly full of rank ordered lists, even if they are frequently not transparently available.
Research Seed Grant Program Accepting Proposals for Interdisciplinary Research, Creative Work
Research Seed Grant Program Accepting Proposals for Interdisciplinary Research, Creative Work
The 2017 Innovative Seed Grant Program is accepting proposals for interdisciplinary ventures on the CU Boulder campus, due Feb. 12. The program has set aside $1 million to fund grants of up to $50,000 each.
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