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Swipe Right on the New 'Tinder for Preprints' App
Papr allows you to rate abstracts and find Twitter users who share your interests.
Can Fake Names Tease out NIH Reviewer Bias?
Study underway tests whether black and women applicants for NIH grants face discrimination.
Curiosity and Irritation Meet Macron’s Effort to Lure Foreign Scientists
Government offers 4-year grants worth up to €1.5million
Critics Challenge NIH Finding That Bigger Labs Aren't Necessarily Better
Analysis backs controversial proposal to cap grant funding for bigger labs.
How to Avoid the Stigma of a Retracted Paper? Don't Call It a Retraction
Avoiding the r-word would make it easier for researchers to correct the literature after an honest mistake.
NIH Plan to Reduce Overhead Payments Draws Fire
White House wants to reduce indirect payments from 28% to 10%.
A Giant New Machine Is Sucking Carbon Directly from the Air
Experts debate whether technology is useful for curbing climate change.
Why It Might Be a Good Time to Start a Career in Science
The author of a new study of biomedical funding explains why he’s optimistic about young scientists’ futures.
NIH Finds Using Anonymous Proposals to Test for Bias is Harder than it Looks
NIH Finds Using Anonymous Proposals to Test for Bias is Harder than it Looks
Race-blind reviews very difficult and may not help, researchers say
Female Authors Get Fewer Citations in Astronomy
Papers with female first authors receive 10% fewer citations than comparable work published by men, according to a new study
Academies Calculate How Much Brexit Will Cost Researchers
Some fields will have a tougher time than others finding alternative sources.
Former Ethiopian Health Minister Becomes First African Head of the WHO
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised for health reforms in his own country, takes the helm at a critical time.
Two Female Scientists and a Militant Environmentalist Join Emmanuel Macron
Molecular geneticist and university administrator Frédérique Vidal is France’s new minister for higher education, research, and innovation.
China's Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan Also Includes Science
Investment also planned in artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and other fields.
India Nears Approval of First GM Food Crop
Government may delay decision pending court decisions.
Scientists Cheer Macron’s Victory
Researchers await detailed policies while applauding his defeat of Le Pen
Women Make Up Just 15% of NASA’s Planetary Mission Science Teams
Here’s how the agency is trying to change that
More than 1500 People Told Us Where and Why They Marched for Science
Online survey suggests that first-time protesters and nonresearchers swelled the ranks at the weekend pro-science event
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Marine Le Pen Is a ‘Terrible Danger,’ French Research Leaders Say
Scientific community calls on voters not to support the candidate of the National Front
