The Man Who Bottled Evolution
Thirty years ago, MSU researcher Richard Lenski added his now-famous bacteria to 12 inaugural flasks, a process he and his team of lab technicians and students have been repeating daily ever since.
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Comments Please! Open Science Training Handbook
Everyone who is interested in Open Science is invited to comment the first draft of an online handbook for Open Science trainers. The deadline for comments is 4 March 2018.
Celebrating 30 Years: The Man Who Bottled Evolution
MSU researcher Richard Lenski's Long-Term Evolution Experiment celebrates 30 years.
Decentralizing Science
The case for decentralized, trusted platforms for the dissemination of scientific information and attribution.
Brilliant Scientific Discoveries We Have Badass Women to Thank For
Despite numerous push-backs and disregard from male colleagues, these women persevered to make some of the greatest breakthroughs in scientific history, paving the way for millions of young women and girls to enter what was traditionally a male-dominated industry.
Survey Reveals Federal Departments Still Blocking Access to Scientists
Results show marked improvement compared with 2013 version of the survey, but union says ‘culture shift’ is taking time.
Funding the European Open Science Cloud
The European Commission (EC) is currently working on an implementation plan and a roadmap for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), which should then be adopted on 28 May. EOSC should offer 1.7 million European researchers and 70 million professionals in science and technology a virtual environment with open seamless services for storage, management, analysis and re-use of research data, across borders and scientific disciplines.
My Look at Some Interesting Discovery Ideas, Trends and Features for Academic Search
My Look at Some Interesting Discovery Ideas, Trends and Features for Academic Search
What follows are a mix of technologies and actual search systems that I've been looking at that have potential to go beyond what current web scale or index based discovery offers. Some merely offer a new feature or two that might be incorporated fairly easily, others are based on fundamentally different frameworks and paradigms that supplement or might eventually replace current systems.
#MeToo has hit China's universities, despite efforts of internet censors
The global #MeToo movement is slowly catching on in China, despite strict censorship on the internet. After highly-regarded Beihang University professor Chen Xiaowu was dismissed over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, students and alumni from dozens of top universities have launched on petitions demanding that school administrators establish official policies …
New Initiative to Align Research Data Management Policy Across Europe
New Initiative to Align Research Data Management Policy Across Europe
Science Europe and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research have launched an initiative for the voluntary international alignment of research data management policies.
The Open Science Training Handbook
Open Science Training Handbook now open for comments and suggestions until 4th of March 2018.
Open Access, Data Capitalism and Academic Publishing
There is a significant discrepancy between the reality of academic publishing and the optimism of politicians and science functionaries who praise Open Access as a panacea for all the ills afflicting science culture.
#MeToo Can’t Change Academia by Itself
Although the #MeToo movement does not give a complete picture of how the problem manifests in working life and other environments, this author believes that it can have a preventive effect in some cases.
Better Research Thanks to More Gender Equal Staff
A new article shows that women more often apply gender perspectives in their research. A diverse research group leads to better and more accurate knowledge about the world, according to Mathias Wullum Nielsen.
Why Every Researcher Should Care About Open Citations
What happens when you cite someone’s research? Have you ever wondered what happens with citation data that you produce and how it is being used by others? Citation data is not released automatically - by default the references are hidden from the public eye and can only be obtained from Crossref with specific consent from the publisher.
I Didn't Think There Were Many African Women Scientists. Then I Checked Twitter
I Didn't Think There Were Many African Women Scientists. Then I Checked Twitter
The website Levers in Heels, which features African women in STEM, in January called on the internet to tweet the names of African women scientists. People shared hundreds.
Libraries Reject Taylor & Francis Opportunistic Change of Contract
More than hundred and ten libraries have signed an open letter to Taylor & Francis: the academic research which was previously available to universities as part of the Taylor & Francis "big deal" will now have to be purchased as a separate package.
Black STEM Employees Perceive a Range of Race-Related Slights and Inequities at Work
Roughly six-in-ten black STEM workers say they have experienced any of eight specific forms of racial or ethnic discrimination at work.
Why Scientists Accused of Sexual Misconduct Can Still Get Government Grants
The U.S. government does not consider sexual harassment a form of scientific misconduct. Should it?
Swiss National Science Foundation Joins OpenAPC
The dataset provided by the SNSF contains publication fees for 302 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 514'522 EUR and the average fee is 1'704 EUR.
Overselling Results is a Problem in Science
Climate skeptics, conspiracy theorists, and the anti-immunization movement are on the rise. At the same time, fraudulent research and issues with the replicability of scientific results prompt the question if science is still a reliable source for political decision-making.
Delhi Declaration on Open Access
This declaration was drafted by a group comprising of researchers and professionals working for opening up access to research outputs for public good in India.
Decentralizing Science
The case for decentralized, trusted platforms for the dissemination of scientific information and attribution.
China's Basic Science Research Funding Doubles in 5 Years
The percentage of funding for basic science R&D in the central government's total financial input in science and technology has reached the level of developed countries, according to an official overseeing resource allocation and management at the ministry.
Boost for Blockchain Research as EU Increases Funding Four-Fold
Boost for Blockchain Research as EU Increases Funding Four-Fold
Spending on research projects on blockchain technologies by the European Union is to jump after it announced plans to increase funding from €83 million to as much as €340 million by 2020.
Hypothesis and the Center for Open Science Collaborate on Annotation
Hypothesis and the Center for Open Science Collaborate on Annotation
To enable peer feedback, collaboration and transparency in scientific research practices, Hypothesis and the Center for Open Science (COS) are announcing a new partnership to bring open annotation to Open Science Framework (OSF) Preprints and the 17 community preprint servers hosted on OSF.
Five Lessons for Researchers Who Want to Collaborate with Governments and Development Organisations but Avoid the Common Pitfalls
Five Lessons for Researchers Who Want to Collaborate with Governments and Development Organisations but Avoid the Common Pitfalls
Ensure the benefits are felt by all involved, maintain a degree of distance and objectivity, protect the quality of consent and your publishing rights, and always choose your partners carefully.
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