New deals could help scientific societies survive open access
Pilot programs will test eliminating journal paywalls
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Why the U.S. Census Bureau could have trouble complying with Trump’s order to count citizens
Effort to using existing records faces both technical and political challenges -
Top stories: Mountain-moving climate change, an oxygen-starved city, and rats playing hide-and-seek
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Podcast: Studying human health at 5100 meters, and playing hide and seek with rats
On this week’s show: We hear about a gold mining town more than 5 kilometers above sea level, and learn why studying play behavior is important -
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Clubby and ‘disturbing’ citation behavior by researchers in Italy has surged
National policy may have incentivized researchers to excessively cite themselves and their compatriots -
EU research commissioner named, but lacks ‘research’ in her title
Bulgarian politician Mariya Gabriel would oversee hefty EU research and education budgets -
When Europeans do science in China
Angst over China’s efforts to recruit world-class talent takes a back seat to day-to-day concerns and unique challenges -
Open-access megajournals lose momentum as the publishing model matures
Concerns include declining volume, slower publication, and softening citation measures -
Top stories: ‘Extreme male brain’ does not cause autism, a lost Maya city, and disappearing sharks
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Podcast: Searching for a lost Maya city, and measuring the information density of language
On this week’s show: Archaeologists search for a mysterious city that evaded Spanish conquistadors for a century, and linguists find that—no matter how complex their structure—many languages convey information at the same rate -
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