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How Fake Science is Infiltrating Scientific Journals
Perverse incentives in academia and scientific publishing have led to a surge in research fraud.
Six Hot Topics for Climate Change and Nature Policy in 2022
From making green shifts fairer for workers to slashing fossil fuel subsidies, action on climate change needs to ramp up in 2022, analysts say.
What Happened when People in This Upstate New York Town Started Getting Monthly $500 Checks
New Patent-Free COVID Vaccine Developed As "Gift to the World"
A new COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers from the Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, is being offered patent-free to vaccine manufacturers across the world.
This 3,700-Year-Old Tablet is the Oldest Example of Applied Geometry
Ancient Greeks have been credited with the invention of trigonometry, but a mathematician reveals Babylonians used it about a thousand years earlier.
Costa Rica Has Run on 100% Renewable Electricity for 299 Days
Costa Rica Has Run on 100% Renewable Electricity for 299 Days
For 75 days straight, Costa Rica ran on 100% renewable electricity.
The Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution on Mental Health Outcomes
The Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution on Mental Health Outcomes
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a “second pandemic” of anxiety and depression. While vaccines are primarily aimed at reducing COVID-19 transmission and mortality risks, they may have important secondary benefits.
Key Role in Evaluation Procedure: the Evaluation Panels and Their Members
Key Role in Evaluation Procedure: the Evaluation Panels and Their Members
The SNSF's National Research Council decides whether or not to fund applications. The 89 evaluation panels handle the preparatory work on which it bases its decisions, assessing several thousand applications each year.
'Free to Think 2021' Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project
'Free to Think 2021' Report of the Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project
Free to Think 2021 is the seventh installment of an annual report by SAR's Academic Freedom Monitoring Project. The report analyzes 332 attacks on higher education communities in 65 countries and territories.
The Women Written Out of Nuclear Science
The intense secrecy and security of the world of nuclear science has been used to minimize or overlook the work of its women scientists.
Learning from North-South University Partnerships in Practice
In 2016, five Swiss institutions of higher education and three universities in the Global South received seed funding to work on sustainable development through education and research in contexts affected by conflict. Looking back at more than four years of coordinating this university network, here are some lessons learned from challenging situations.
Climate Policy, Regulation and Governance
The articles presented here range from broad views on climate change governance in agroforestry systems and insights from climate-funded food system projects, to the nationally specific, exploring regulatory contexts in the UK, China, and Mexico.
How to Write Like an Academic
If you've been away from academia for a few years, you may have forgotten how to write in a way that's suitable for higher education. Not to worry...!
A Billion-dollar Donation: Estimating the Cost of Researchers' Time Spent on Peer Review
A Billion-dollar Donation: Estimating the Cost of Researchers' Time Spent on Peer Review
By design, our results are very likely to be under-estimates as they reflect only a portion of the total number of journals worldwide. The numbers highlight the enormous amount of work and time that researchers provide to the publication system, and the importance of considering alternative ways of …
The Unsung Heroes of Science
Two often overlooked, inspiring stories of women scientists.
Engaging the Public in Science and Technology Studies
Research in science and technology studies (STS) goes beyond the traditional books and academic papers. It also includes the practical application of STS and how researchers are bringing those theories and knowledge to the public.
Study Finds Psilocybin Can Relieve Depression, but Raises Warning Flags
The largest psilocybin treatment trial to date suggests that the psychedelic drug can help people with treatment-resistant depression.
The Write Stuff
How to produce a first-class paper that will get published, stand out from the crowd and pull in plenty of readers.
'Science and Solidarity': Why Puerto Rico Leads US in COVID Vaccinations
'Science and Solidarity': Why Puerto Rico Leads US in COVID Vaccinations
Puerto Rico has an underfunded health care system, high levels of poverty and its infrastructure remains devastated by a major hurricane that swept through the island in 2017.
A History of FLICC: the 5 Techniques of Science Denial
The five general tactics of science denial are: conspiracy, selectivity (cherry-picking), fake experts, impossible expectations (also known as moving goalposts), and general fallacies of logic.
Astro2020 Decadal Survey Calls for 'great Observatory' to Succeed Hubble - Physics World
Influential US Astro2020 panel recommends a space-based telescope operating from ultraviolet to near infra-red to be launched in the mid-2040s.
Deep Fakes: The Next Digital Weapon with Worrying Implications for Nuclear Policy
Deep Fakes: The Next Digital Weapon with Worrying Implications for Nuclear Policy
The ELN's Sylvia Mishra writes that AI-generated fake videos - deep fakes - threaten to exacerbate chaos in conflict, lower nuclear thresholds and complicate nuclear weapons decision-making. The uncontrolled use and spread of this technology requires urgent attention from the nuclear policy community.
German Universities Urge Future Govt to Address Key Issues in Higher Education
German Universities Urge Future Govt to Address Key Issues in Higher Education
The association of public and government-recognized universities in Germany, the German Rectors' Conference or Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK), along with several other higher education organizations, have been urging the future government in Germany to focus on crucial issues related to student support, research, and more.
Towards Improved Data Reproducibility
In this article, we look at some of the measures we can take as individual scientists and as a global community to improve the reproducibility and rigor of scientific endeavor.
Biophysics Colab Brings Review and Curation to Biophysical Preprints on Sciety
Biophysics Colab brings review and curation to biophysical preprints on Sciety
Incorporating Graduate-level Internships to Strengthen the STEM Workforce and Trainee Career Prospects
Incorporating Graduate-level Internships to Strengthen the STEM Workforce and Trainee Career Prospects
Universities and graduate institutions must adapt to meet the increasing demand for STEM laborers in non-academic sectors and provide relevant and robust training to their students.
Gender Monitoring: How Women Fare in SNSF Project Funding
The Swiss research landscape suffers from a chronic underrepresentation of women. This can also be seen in the share of women applying for funding at the SNSF. But how did this share evolve over time? And have women been less successful to raise funds?
Challenges to Democracy in Europe: Insights Into a Complex and Turbulent Political Climate
Challenges to Democracy in Europe: Insights Into a Complex and Turbulent Political Climate
Results from some of the innovative EU-funded research that help us to better understand the major political issues of the day and provide recommendations for policymakers, citizens and other organisations to better respond to the threats facing European democracy.
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