Current NewsA global standard for peer review - Science Insider Increasing collaboration between U.S. scientists and their counterparts in other countries has been a priority for Subra Suresh since he became director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in October 2010. But one thing about negotiating such bilateral agreements has frustrated him: The time it takes to reach an agreement on the scientific rules of the road. Will a new literature format 'radically alter' how scientists write, review, and read papers? - Retraction Watch A group of authors at a Pittsburgh company have proposed a new way to write, review, and read scientific papers that they claim will 'radically alter the creation and use of credible knowledge for the benefit of society.' From the abstract of a paper appearing in the new Mary Liebert journal Disruptive Science and Technology, which, according to a press release, will 'publish out-of-the-box concepts that will improve the way we live'... Excessive specialization leads to 'ignorance' - Economics and Ethics Interact with Ethics COREUse our Active Learning Exercises Explore role-plays, 2-minute challenges, & other interactive resources Upload a Document to Ethics COREContribute a document or instructional material to Ethics CORE Create a ClassCreate a class or participate in one online Featured BlogPIs "Must try harder" in overseeing their labsAn editorial in this week’s issue of Nature excoriates scientists for the “the many careless mistakes creeping into scientific papers,” a situation the author calls “endemic.” The errors are reportedly fostering an increase in corrections to published research...more |
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