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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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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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…
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Evidence 5 Tips For Avoiding P-Value PotholesRead more
The hunt for p-values less than 0.05 has left many of science’s roadways riddled with potholes. More than 50% of them in…
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Bias The Skills We All Need to Move Past “Anti-Science” and “Us”Read more
If you didn’t believe a prevailing scientific position, you used to be part of a small fringe. To get information on your side…
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Bias How to Spot Research Spin: The Case of the Not-So-Simple AbstractRead more
Spin doctoring is deliberate manipulation. I don’t think everyday research spin is intended to deceive, though. Mostly it’s because researchers want to get attention…
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Science Communication CRISPR, Priority, and Credit: Do We Need to Edit Science’s DNA?Read more
“She’s like the poster child for collaboration”. Jon Miller was talking last weekend at the AAAS session about scientists’ virtues. The “she” was Jennifer…
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History Science and the Rise of the Co-AuthorsRead more
Physicists set a new record this year for number of co-authors: a 9-page report needed an extra 24 pages to list its 5,154…
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History Curiosity to Scrutiny: the Early Days of Science JournalismRead more
1894: “[T]he acknowledged leaders of the great generation that is now passing away, Darwin notably, addressed themselves in many cases to…
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Science Communication Why Aren’t We All Machine-Friendly Researchers?Read more
I blame the writing and research impact advice we get. At least in part. It doesn’t prepare us as well as it could…