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Biomedical Institutions Agree on a Set of Open Science Practices to Monitor

Biomedical Institutions Agree on a Set of Open Science Practices to Monitor

Eighty stakeholders from twenty major biomedical research institutions across the globe have agreed upon a list of 19 open science practices to be implemented and monitored.

A top US science oversight board is about to get much more diverse

A top US science oversight board is about to get much more diverse

Biden’s choices for National Science Board boost presence of women and minority scientists.

New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety

New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety

A new global organisation is trying to prevent dramatic advances in bioscience from unleashing engineered pathogens from the lab, and wants research funders, scientists and journals to help. The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) warns that scientists might be able to order the DNA of dangerous pathogens like smallpox from unregulated companies, and wants much tighter screening of the industry.

Data Foundation Calls for Better Control of Biometrics in Policing

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 

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.

Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe

Brussels Kicks off Push to Improve Working Conditions and Career Paths for Young Researchers Across Europe

The EU is to pilot a new initiative that aims to improve working conditions for young researchers, starting in 2024. The pilot will test how the European Commission, member states and industry could work together to coordinate financing and knowledge networks and strengthen and diversify research career paths by promoting links between academia and industry.  

Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science

Why NASA and Federal Agencies Are Declaring This the Year of Open Science

Here's how NASA is incentivizing open science, and how you can too.

Is Development an Art or a Science?

Is Development an Art or a Science?

Reflecting on nearly twenty years of transdisciplinary practice and research and the recent publication of their new book, New Mediums, Better Messages? How Innovations in Translation, Engagement, and Advocacy are Changing International Development, this article considers how the role of popular and vernacular knowledge is essential to international development.

China Now Publishes More High-quality Science Than Any Other Nation - Should the US Be Worried?

China Now Publishes More High-quality Science Than Any Other Nation - Should the US Be Worried?

In 2014, Chinese researchers published more papers than any other country for the first time. In 2019, China overtook the U.S. as the No. 1 publisher of the most influential papers.

Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers

Escaping Darwin's Shadow: How Alfred Russel Wallace Inspires Indigenous Researchers

Wallace, who independently discovered the theory of evolution, relied on local knowledge to craft his seminal work on species ranges in the Amazon. Now, the region's Indigenous scientists have taken charge of their research using this and other cross-cultural tools.

Eleven Science Stories Likely to Make Big News in 2023

Eleven Science Stories Likely to Make Big News in 2023

Making COVID-19 manageable and covering financial losses from climate change could make headlines

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Going Into Effect

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

The Best Science, Innovation and Health Stories of 2022

The Best Science, Innovation and Health Stories of 2022

2022 was great for science, from historic space missions to archeological discoveries and plenty to learn in medicine.

European Research Council Announces Plan to Update Its Evaluation System

European Research Council Announces Plan to Update Its Evaluation System

In a landmark decision this week, the European Research Council (ERC) announced changes to its application forms and evaluation procedures that will be implemented starting with the 2024 calls for proposals.

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.

Global Science Must Not Be Treated As a Diplomatic Pawn

Global Science Must Not Be Treated As a Diplomatic Pawn

Science is being used as leverage in international politics. That must not become a barrier to countries working together on climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemic prevention and other pressing goals.