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With New Guidance, Trump Administration Deceptively Targets Scientific Integrity
With New Guidance, Trump Administration Deceptively Targets Scientific Integrity
The Dangerous Precedent of Political Interference in Medical Research in Canada
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
We know from other countries and contexts that aspiring authoritarians often target scientists, elevate loyalists, and suppress or sideline any who might have the knowledge, expertise, or power to challenge government transgression and failures to make science-based policy decisions. In response to such threats, the US scientific community can work to rebuild critical elements of the federal science enterprise now being dismantled or compromised, including science advisory committees and scientific assessments, which for decades have helped ensure that the best available science informs policy decisions.
As Science Faces External Attacks, It Needs to Look Within to Defend and Reform
Ask a Scientist: How Does Documenting Attacks on Science Stop Authoritarians?
A Massive Fraud Ring Is Publishing Thousands of Fake Studies and the Problem is Exploding.
A Massive Fraud Ring Is Publishing Thousands of Fake Studies and the Problem is Exploding.
Exclusive: Retraction-prone Editors Identified at Megajournal PLoS ONE
Exclusive: Retraction-prone Editors Identified at Megajournal PLoS ONE
Europe is breaking its reliance on American science
European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes
Metascience Is More Important Now Than Ever
A growing research field known as 'the science of science' will be essential for navigating an uncertain future.
The Key to Success: Why University Startups Don’t Perform as Well as Corporate Startups
The Key to Success: Why University Startups Don’t Perform as Well as Corporate Startups
The review article explores the differences between university startup entrepreneurs and corporate entrepreneurs, and why the latter are more successful.
NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies
National Science Foundation employees are among the latest federal scientists to issue a statement expressing concern over the Trump administration’s actions. The statement refers to “a series of politically motivated and legally questionable actions by the Administration that threaten the integrity of the NSF.”
Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity
Concentrating funding at high-powered universities can maximize output, paper argues, but may sacrifice broader benefits
Without Science, There Can Be No Development
China's Shift Towards 'organized Research': How Can Coordination and Innovation Co-exist?
Scientists IN Society: From Isolation to Engagement
How Can We Tell if Health Policies or Guidelines Are Truly Evidence-based?
How Can We Tell if Health Policies or Guidelines Are Truly Evidence-based?
It is easy to claim one is "following the scientific evidence", but what does it mean to actually do so?