Research recently published in PLoS Biology has confirmed what many might assume to be true, that non-native English-speaking scientists have to put in significant additional effort, simply to keep in step with their colleagues. The only shock was just how much extra [ read more ]
One of my favourite films of all time is ‘2001 – A Space Odyssey’ and unbelievably, this year is the 55th anniversary of its release. To my nerdy, sci-fi-loving brain, its attention to detail, spectacular special effects, deliberate pace, superb use of [ read more ]
You’ve read all the guidance that there is about copyright, fair use and making photocopies in libraries, and yet you still don’t feel 100% sure on where you stand with your particular usage intentions. It turns out that there might be a [ read more ]
The war in Ukraine has done untold damage to the country’s research community: while some researchers bravely persevere under challenging circumstances, many scientists have fled to other countries and this has severely impacted Ukraine’s scientific talent base. Read about what is happening [ read more ]
Happy Friday, everyone – the working week is nearly over! For word nerds and language wranglers such as I, however, it’s difficult to switch off: my reflexes jump at the sight of a misplaced apostrophe or typo on a website, or the [ read more ]
The erosion of human editorial judgement by AI is now becoming an extremely worrying and seemingly unstoppable force – as reported in a post by ‘The Conversation’ in WNIP (https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/the-importance-of-editors-in-the-age-of-highly-unreliable-ai/). Discussing the news that the German newspaper Bild will [ read more ]
Did you know that there is going to be a new Master’s course in Science and Health Communication launching in September 2023, developed by the University of Dundee and the AMICULUM med comms agency? It’s specifically designed to prepare students with the [ read more ]
The 17th European Association of Science Editors (EASE) General Assembly and Conference will kick off tomorrow, Thursday, 1 June, and end on Saturday, 3rd June 2023. It is a hybrid event, hosted by TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM at the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Teknik [ read more ]
Few people divide opinion like Elon Musk, but he is gaining traction with his decision to enable media publishers on Twitter to charge users on a ‘per article’ basis with one click, eschewing the conventional business models based on either a regular [ read more ]
The fight against scientific fraud goes on, mostly behind the scenes and with little recognition, but in a recent article in ‘Wired’ the work of PubPeer and others is highlighted and discussed in an eye-opening piece. The prevalence of fraud – not [ read more ]