‘I Have to Be True To Who I Am as a Scientist’
Crispr inventor Jennifer Doudna talks about discovering the gene-editing tool, the split with her collaborator and the complex ethics of genetic manipulation.
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Science Should be Open to all Not Behind Paywalls
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
Reflections on Open Research – a PI's Perspective
Interviewing Dr David Savage.
Journal Editors Open Up About Open Science
In May 2017, we sat down with ECS journal editors Robert Savinell and Dennis Hess at the 231st ECS Meeting.
How Big a Problem Are Articles that Should Be OA but End Up Behind Paywalls
How Big a Problem Are Articles that Should Be OA but End Up Behind Paywalls
In recent years, observers have noticed that articles for which an APC has been paid are not always made freely available. How pervasive is this problem?
The Physicist Who Denies Dark Matter
Maybe Newtonian physics doesn’t need dark matter to work.
Understanding Collaborative Tools
In this interview, we have a discussion with the co-founder of PaperHive, Alexander Naydenov about the impact PaperHive has had on ESL authors.
Driverless Cars? How the Road to the Future Will Be Driven by Machine Learning
A Laboratory CEO on Science Funding, Open Access Publishing, and the Future of Genetics
"Failure Is an Essential Part of Science"
Q&A with the author of a new book on reproducibility.
Tim Berners-Lee: I Invented the Web. Here Are 3 Things We Need to Change to Save It
It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyone
What Is the Role of Science in a Post-Normal World?
Q&A with Daniel Sarewitz, Professor of Science and Society at Arizona State University.
How Writing Science Books for Children Benefited My Academic Career
Trying to find a way to explain to a six-year-old how natural selection works is valuable practise for trying to write a lay summary in a grant proposal.
Five Minutes With John Holmwood and Martin Eve
Discussing the Future of Academic Publishing.
The Fine Art of Sniffing Out Crappy Science
Two professors at the University of Washington want to teach students how to survive the avalanche of false or misleading data shaken loose by shifts in media, technology, and politics.
How to Keep Up with the Scientific Literature
Are you having trouble staying on top of the ever-growing body of scientific knowledge? Science Careers asked a few scientists to discuss how they keep up with the literature.
Data and the Future of Healthcare
The Big Data era, the impact of data science and its impact biological research and healthcare: interview with Phil Bourne.
Interview with Professor Jim Smith
Jim Smith is a Professor of Developmental Biology at the Francis Crick Institute.
Nobel-Prize Winner Harold Varmus Talks Politics and Science
The cancer researcher reflects on the 2016 election, his experience as a political adviser, and the difficulties of communicating how science works.
Raising the Status of Peer Review With Publons
An interview with Tom Culley, Marketing Director of Publons, on how provide recognition for this vital part of the scientific process.
"We have an epidemic of deeply flawed meta-analyses"
John Ioannidis suggests that the number of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in literature have each increased by more than 2500% since 1991.
When the President of the United States Writes an Article in Your Journal
How do you edit Barack Obama? The Chronicle spoke to the editor in chief of a journal that published the president’s article on the future of health-care reform on Monday.
Obama’s top scientist talks shrinking budgets, Donald Trump, and his biggest regret
Q&A: Former E.U. science adviser Anne Glover on U.K. research after Brexit: 'I'm very pessimistic'
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