Editor’s note: Read Hilda’s October 26, 2016 @redditscience conversation on Open Access in Action here plos.io/OAweek16AMA An old tradition and a new technology…
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Listicles Between Science’s Secretive, Elitist Past and Open, Accessible FutureRead more
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History What Lies Beneath a Scientist’s Life: A Father and Son StoryRead more
It was one of those lovely, comfortable conversations between people who have known each other a long time. I took this selfie…
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Listicles Flying Flak and Avoiding “ad hominem” ResponseRead more
It was easy to work out where I stood in a fairly recent outburst of name-calling from one of the pillars of…
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Bias This is How Research Gender-Bias Bias WorksRead more
But how can you tell? She wanted to know why I said some work on gender bias was obviously too biased to…
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Bias Gender-Bias Bias Part 2: Unpicking Cherry-PickingRead more
When you think about it, the possibilities for cherry-picking when you discuss research these days are growing in rather spectacular leaps…
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Bias Winning! Or Is It? The Science of Winners’ FateRead more
Between the Olympics and a tumultuous U.S. general election, wanting to win really badly is dominating the airwaves at the moment. How…
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Evidence The Resilience of Brain Training Hype: ACTIVE Trial ReduxRead more
It was definitely déjà vu in the media today. Reuters, The Times, Los Angeles Times, and more were back on the…
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Bias Psychology’s Meta-Analysis ProblemRead more
Psychology has a meta-analysis problem. And that’s contributing to its reproducibility problem. Meta-analyses are wallpapering over many research weaknesses, instead of being…
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Listicles Research Nirvana: The Generosity EditionRead more
Research Nirvana… What would it be like and what paths could lead us there? That was the theme of my recent talk at the…
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Evidence Unsnarling the Complexity of Naming and ShamingRead more
Shame isn’t always powerful. It can cause just a pinprick of discomfort that’s not even blush-worthy. But it can be so…
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Bias A Reader’s Guide to Conflicts of Interest in BiomedicineRead more
The academic clinician in this cartoon needs 15 slides to list all the drug and device manufacturers he’s received money from recently…
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Science Communication Breaking Down Pros and Cons of Preprints in BiomedicineRead more
There’s a lot of hype in scientific publications – and about them, too. Hype doesn’t help if we want to make informed decisions…