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 [ 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 [ 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 [ 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 [ 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 [ 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 [ read more ]