New Integration and Implementation Sciences (i2S) discipline seeks to improve research impact on complex real-world problems
An exciting new complexity research initiative is underway at the Australian National University (ANU).
‘There is a problem’: Australia’s top scientist Alan Finkel pushes to eradicate bad science
A significant number of papers are of poor quality. In considering why this might be…
Using games to lift the lid on scientific research
Researchers have developed the Atom Tractor Beam game to help make their graphene-based research more…
Fudged research results erode people’s trust in experts
A database of retractions shows hundreds of academic articles have been withdrawn. Research misconduct threatens…
All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read
A new initiative known as Plan S focuses on making all publicly funded research immediately…
Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Results [Top 100 journal articles of 2018]
The findings of this study show how researchers can vary in their analytic approaches, and…
You can’t characterize human nature if studies overlook 85 percent of people on Earth
Researchers are realizing that universalizing findings from countries representing less than 15 percent of the…
Why do we discount facts that dispute our opinion?
How doubts about science and scientists threaten the future of evidence-based management.
Understanding science and research
Academics share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science, assisting the…
Open science by design
A recent paper argues that open science should be a fundamental part of any researchers…