Pandemics Result from Destruction of Nature, Say UN and WHO
Experts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery.
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COVID-19 and the Research Community: Being Vulnerable
Early-career researchers feel discouraged from exposing vulnerability even during a global crisis.
Scientists Say Most Likely Number of Contactable Alien Civilisations is 36
New calculations come up with estimate for worlds capable of communicating with others.
Yale Astronomers Questioned Systemic Racism Because They Hired One Black Employee 35 Years Ago, Emails Show
Universities Step Up the Fight for Open-Access Research
Today's deal between the University of California and publisher Springer Nature is a big milestone on the path to dismantling paywalls around academic journals.
What Are the Benefits and Challenges of Preprints? Share Your Views
While the use of preprints has increased over the last years, preprint awareness and attitudes vary widely across research communities and among stakeholders in research communication.
University of California Reaches Groundbreaking Open Access Deal with Leading Global Publisher
University of California Reaches Groundbreaking Open Access Deal with Leading Global Publisher
The University of California today (June 16) announced a transformative open access publishing agreement that will make more of the University's research freely and immediately available to individuals and researchers across the globe.
We Can Protect the Economy From Pandemics. Why Didn't We?
A virologist helped crack an impossible problem: how to insure against the economic fallout from devastating viral outbreaks. The plan was ingenious. Yet we're still in this mess.
How 'overreaction' Made Vietnam a Virus Success
Vietnam chose to prevent rather than fight Covid-19, a strategy which means it has had no virus deaths.
Outbreaks, Break-outs and Break-times: Creating Caring Online Workshops
How can online workshops be productive, engaging, caring and fun? How can researchers creatively adapt to a 'virtual normal' and develop caring and co-operative ways of working.
Sharing Openly Licensed Content on Social Media: A Conversation with GLAM - Creative Commons
Sharing Openly Licensed Content on Social Media: A Conversation with GLAM - Creative Commons
From solving attribution issues to understanding terms of service, here are some welcomed tips from Europeana, the Getty Museum, and Newfields.
Ethical Responsibilities of Scientists at a Time of a Global Threat - International Science Council
I'm a Black Female Scientist. On My First Day of Work, a Colleague Threatened to Call the Cops on Me.
I'm a Black Female Scientist. On My First Day of Work, a Colleague Threatened to Call the Cops on Me.
#BlackintheIvory offers proof that academia needs to do better. Now we just need to do the work.
Is Peer Review a Good Idea?
This Article examines the effect of abolishing peer review on the changed incentive structure and the likely effects on the behaviour of individual scientists, and concludes that, abolishing peer review has overall slightly positive results.
Forecasting for COVID-19 Has Failed - International Institute of Forecasters
COVID-19 is a major acute crisis with unpredictable consequences. Many scientists have struggled to make forecasts about its impact. However, despite involving many excellent modelers, best intentions, and highly sophisticated tools, forecasting efforts have largely failed.
150 Faculty Members Sign Open Letter to Georgia State University President for More Diversity | The Atlanta Voice
150 Faculty Members Sign Open Letter to Georgia State University President for More Diversity | The Atlanta Voice
Over 150 Georgia State University faculty members signed an open letter to the school's president, Mark Becker, regarding a greater push for diversity and inclusion within its faculty.
New Report Will Support UKRI's Commitment to Strengthening Research Integrity and Culture
New Report Will Support UKRI's Commitment to Strengthening Research Integrity and Culture
Personal integrity and local culture are key to research integrity, and bullying and harassment is the single biggest negative influence, according to a new study by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
UK Universities Suffer Worst-ever Rankings in World League Table
Nearly three-quarters of UK universities slipped down while Asian institutions rose.
Exploring Collaborative Non-commercial Publishing Models for Open Access: Tender Results
Exploring Collaborative Non-commercial Publishing Models for Open Access: Tender Results
cOAlition S announces that the tender was awarded to a consortium coordinated by OPERAS.
How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture
The research world has moved faster than many would have suspected possible in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In five months, a volume of work has been generated that even the most intensive of emergent fields have taken years to create.In our new report, How COVID-19 is Changing Research Culture, we investigate the research landscape trends and cultural changes in response to COVID-19. The report includes analysis of publication trends, geographic focal points of research, and collaboration patterns.
IBM Will No Longer Offer, Develop, or Research Facial Recognition Technology
IBM Will No Longer Offer, Develop, or Research Facial Recognition Technology
IBM is also advocating for police reform.
A Global Immunological Observatory to Meet a Time of Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2 presents an unprecedented international challenge, but it will not be the last such threat. In this article, the authors argue that the world needs to be much better prepared to rapidly detect, define and defeat future pandemics.
Take Action - #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM
Wednesday June 10 has been designated a day of action in STEM and in academia in support of Black lives. Non-Black, non-Indigenous people in STEM and academia are invited to dedicate their working hours to formulating a plan of ACTION for how to join the struggle to ensure that Black lives matter.
Black Women Create #BlackInTheIvory and #PublishingPaidMe to Reveal Inequity in Academia and Publishing
Black Women Create #BlackInTheIvory and #PublishingPaidMe to Reveal Inequity in Academia and Publishing
Both hashtags trended on social media over the weekend and speak to pervasive racial inequity.
10 Things That the Scholarly Community Can Do to Stand in Solidarity
10 Things That the Scholarly Community Can Do to Stand in Solidarity
Acknowledge the history. Revise your work. Refuse to be complicit.
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