Indigenous Peoples: Defending an Environment for All
Lands inhabited by Indigenous Peoples contain 80% of the world's biodiversity, and their traditional knowledge can help save the environment
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If Science is to Thrive, We Must Understand Its Human Foundations
Robert P Crease explains why science can only thrive if we understand what makes humans tick
Focusing on People - Transforming Lives at Scale
You can only do transformative work at scale if human relationships are at the heart. Transformative relationships are critical to success.
Here Are the Top Trends That Will Shape Climate Tech in 2023
In 2022, we saw climate change wreak havoc on the world, and as a result 2023 will be defined by a Pandora's box of climate technologies
Norway Will Spend over 300 Million USD to Build a Research Station in Antarctica
The government is considering spending over 300 million USD on a new research station in Antarctica. The old Troll station is 32 years old and will be demolished.
Viral Spread: The Increase of Anti-science Aggression on Social Media
Peter Hotez says anti-science sentiments fueled by twitter are being weaponized by businessmen and politicians seeking profits and power.
Scientists brace for tighter scrutiny of potentially risky research
Expert panel recommends stricter reviews of research involving pathogens or toxins that could have “dual use”
The 10 science policy stories to watch in 2023
The US government will be implementing science initiatives from recent legislation while battling over future funding.
DORA at 10: Looking Back at the History and Forward to the Future of Research Assessment
DORA at 10: Looking Back at the History and Forward to the Future of Research Assessment
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.
Data Foundation Calls for Better Control of Biometrics in Policing
President Joe Biden wants Congress to establish clear rules for biometric data policies and tools used in criminal investigations.
ChatGPT Makes Literary Debut, It's Now a Published Author
Preceding all others, a peer-reviewed paper titled 'Open artificial intelligence platforms in nursing education: Tools for academic progress or abuse?' was recently published by Siobhan O'Connor, Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Western University.
Manifesto for Early Career Researchers
The Manifesto for Early Career Researchers calls for increasing the recognition of the research activity and fostering diversified research careers at a European level.
NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Going Into Effect
NIH to require researchers to submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan with grant applications submitted after Jan. 25, 2023
Does It Pay to Pay? A Comparison of the Benefits of Open-Access Publishing Across Various Sub-Fields in Biology
Does It Pay to Pay? A Comparison of the Benefits of Open-Access Publishing Across Various Sub-Fields in Biology
This study tested if paying to publish open access in a subscriptionbased journal benefited authors by conferring more citations relative to closed access articles and found that paying for access does confer a citation advantage.
The Rise and Fall of Peer Review
Why the greatest scientific experiment in history failed, and why that's a great thing.
Why Jonny Can't Read: The Great Disconnect Between Reading Science and Policy
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff discuss the deficiencies in reading proficiency recently observed in the United States, provide an overview of possible culprits, and recommend how to solve the issue.
Rethinking the Origins of Life
Life may have originated in deep sea vents, without the need for DNA or RNA
Science Policy Trust Deficit
Many people in the bureaucratic machinery have little interest in research
Fears for Academic Freedom As Indonesia Doubles Down on Scientists' Ban
Fears for Academic Freedom As Indonesia Doubles Down on Scientists' Ban
JAKARTA - Indonesian academics have called out the government for banning five foreign scientists after they questioned official claims of an increase in the country's orangutan population, warning that the move sets a disturbing precedent for academic freedom. In a statement to the government, scientists grouped under the Academic Freedom Advocacy Team called the ban […]
American Trust in Science & Institutions in the Time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted many discussions about how people's trust in science shaped our ability to address the crisis. Early in the pandemic, our research team set out to understand how trust in science relates to support for public health guidelines, and to identify some trusted sources of science. In this essay, we share our findings and offer ideas about what might be done to strengthen the public's trust in science. Notably, our research shows a stark partisan divide: Republicans had lower support for public health guidelines, and their trust in science and institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health eroded over time. Meanwhile, Democrats' trust in science has remained high throughout the pandemic. In the context of this divide, we explore how trust in various information sources, from governmental institutions to the media, relates to trust in science, and suggest that the best avenue for rebuilding trust might be through empowering local institutions and leaders to help manage future crises.
Uninterrupted writing time is rare. That’s why I ‘microwrite’
As I learned to savor my limited slivers of writing time, my childhood love for it returned.
How Can We Achieve Europe's Ambitions in terms of Research?
The ERA was launched in January 2000, in the year that the EU set itself the ambitious goal to become by 2010, "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world", as part of its Lisbon strategy. One of the key planks of the strategy was to raise overall R&D investment within the European Union to 3% of GDP.
Academics Engaging in Knowledge Transfer and Co-Creation: Push Causation and Pull Effectuation?
Academics Engaging in Knowledge Transfer and Co-Creation: Push Causation and Pull Effectuation?
Although academics are increasingly engaging with businesses, some fundamental aspects of this phenomenon (i.e., their motivations, decision-making approaches, and the interplay between the two) remain understudied.
We Are Putting Science, Innovation and Evidence at the Heart of the Home Office
We Are Putting Science, Innovation and Evidence at the Heart of the Home Office
Dr Jason Dewhurst talks 'embedding a scientifically inquisitive and analytically curious culture across the Home Office'
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