Scientists don't turn a blind eye to bias
Scientific journals should insist on more robust experimental processes, say biologists after reviewing nearly 900,000 experiments.
Scientific journals should insist on more robust experimental processes, say biologists after reviewing nearly 900,000 experiments.
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Jul 9, 2015
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Leading virologists on Wednesday warned of censorship after a US bioterror watchdog asked scientific journals to withhold details of lab work that created a mutant strain of killer flu.
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2011
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As scientific researchers, we are often surprised by some of the assumptions made about us by those outside our profession. So we put together a list of common myths we and our colleagues have heard anecdotally regarding ...
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Feb 16, 2015
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Of the hundred or so known species of hyena—living and extinct—that stalked the earth, all have been meat eaters or omnivores except one, the aardwolf, which, mysteriously, eats termites.
Paleontology & Fossils
May 6, 2022
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When we look for reliable sources of information, we turn to studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. But in some cases, researchers find it difficult to reproduce the results of certain studies, and often ...
Other
Feb 20, 2020
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The first complete genome of the Asian giant hornet has been released by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. ARS has made the genome available to the research community in AgDataCommons and the National ...
Ecology
Aug 6, 2020
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Indigenous names for plants and animals should be restored within the scientific naming system according to AUT's Professor Len Gillman and University of Auckland's Dr Shane Wright. Their proposal was published today in Communications ...
Other
Oct 23, 2020
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For years, scientists have complained that it can take months or even years for a scientific discovery to be published, because of the slowness of peer review. To cut through this problem, researchers in physics and mathematics ...
Other
Nov 16, 2017
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A provocative new study suggests it is straightforward to predict which academics will succeed as publishing scientists.
Social Sciences
Sep 19, 2013
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Bird flu experts meeting in Geneva on Friday ruled that controversial research on a mutant form of the virus potentially capable of being spread among humans should be made public.
Other
Feb 17, 2012
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