How the Fight over a Hawaii Mega-telescope Could Change Astronomy
Thirty Meter Telescope controversy is forcing scientists to grapple with how their research affects Indigenous peoples.
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Tackling the Global Misinformation Crisis One Reference, One Librarian at a Time
Climate Change Fears Propel Scientists out of the Lab and into the Streets
It's hard to know just how many scientists have turned to activism in the last few years. But many researchers say they've noticed a change.
Failure Found to Be an 'Essential Prerequisite' for Success
Scientists use big data to understand what separates winners from losers
Denmark Raises Antibiotic-Free Pigs. Why Can't the U.S.?
American pigs are raised on a liberal diet of antibiotics, fueling the rise of resistant germs. Danish pork producers are proving there's a better way.
Facts About George Church's DNA Dating Company
It's called Digid8 and will try to use your genes to make sure you never meet the wrong person.
Why Can't We Agree on What's True Any More?
It's not about foreign trolls, filter bubbles or fake news. Technology encourages us to believe we can all have first-hand access to the 'real' facts - and now we can't stop fighting about it.
Understanding Public Discourse and Trust in a Digital Society
Understanding Public Discourse and Trust in a Digital Society
In a context where citizens struggle to distinguish facts from fabricated claims online, scientists, policymakers and media face similar dilemmas.
A Reminder That "Fake News" Is An Information Literacy Problem - Not A Technology Problem
A Reminder That "Fake News" Is An Information Literacy Problem - Not A Technology Problem
Beneath all "fake news", misinformation, disinformation, digital falsehoods and foreign influence lies society's failure to teach its citizenry information literacy: how to think critically about the deluge of information that confronts them in our modern digital age.
Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change
It's a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. Scientists have been seriously investigating the subject of human-made climate change since the late 1950s and political leaders have been discussing it for nearly as long. In 1961, Alvin Weinberg, the director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, called carbon dioxide one of the "big problems"
ICE arrests 90 more students at fake university in Michigan
Foreign students of a fake university in metro Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security have been arrested.
China's Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm
A new leak of highly classified Chinese government documents reveals the operations manual for running the mass detention camps in Xinjiang and exposed the mechanics of the region's system of mass surveillance.
How Grad Schools Became the Hidden Culprit Behind America's Student-debt Crisis
How Grad Schools Became the Hidden Culprit Behind America's Student-debt Crisis
Over half of the massive US student-loan debt comes from graduate schools, and it's a sign master's degrees aren't the path to wealth they used to be.
Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons
Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons
If the work is in the public domain, no copyright licenses should be applied and in the case of CC licenses which are designed to only operate where copyright exists, the application of a CC license is ineffective.
Scientist Who Takes on Firms Causing Wildfires Wins John Maddox Prize
Bambang Hero Saharjo has received death threats for testifying against companies.
As SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites, Scientists See Threat to 'Astronomy Itself'
Various companies are pressing ahead with plans for internet service from space, which has prompted astronomers to voice concerns about the impact on research from telescopes on Earth.
Naomi Oreskes: 'Discrediting Science is a Political Strategy'
The Harvard professor on science and scepticism - and why climate deniers have run out of excuses.
World Science Day for Peace and Development
The World Science Day for Peace and Development 2019 will be devoted to the theme of "Open Science, leaving no one behind".
Can We Assess the Wider Effects of Public Engagement?
The extent to which researchers can assess the impact of their public engagement is often under-analysed and limited to success stories. Drawing on the example of development aid, it is argued that we need to widen the parameters for assessing public engagement.
MDPI Now Gives Scholars the Possibility to Endorse and Recommend Articles
MDPI Now Gives Scholars the Possibility to Endorse and Recommend Articles
MDPI is a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access journals since its establishment in 1996.
How Getting Rid of 'Shit Jobs' and the Metric of Productivity Can Combat Climate Change
We Scientists Must Rise Up to Prevent the Climate Crisis. Words Aren't Enough
How the Trump Administration Limited the Scope of the USDA's 2020 Dietary Guidelines
How the Trump Administration Limited the Scope of the USDA's 2020 Dietary Guidelines
The Trump administration is limiting scientific input to the 2020 dietary guidelines, raising concerns among nutrition advocates and independent experts about industry influence over healthy eating recommendations for all Americans.
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