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Uncovering the World’s Unseen Science
Global comparisons of scientific output are commonplace. As non-experts, policymakers and administrators must rely on indexes of impact and...
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Africa and Europe Should Rethink Scientific Collaboration
European science cooperation with Africa needs redefining, as it is failing to address wide-ranging needs and challenges experienced by...
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Theorists Feast on Higgs Data
The popping of champagne corks may have subsided since scientists presented convincing evidence for the existence of the long-sought...
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Upbeat U.S. Research Trends Buck Trend
The headline on the press release about a new report warns of “R&D trends posing a threat” to the...
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From Higgs to Humanity: Discoveries for the Common Good
Big scientific discoveries, such as the God particle, can have great Earthly potential that must be shared by the...
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Biased Observers of Nature
Scientists are not robots recording events using mechanically objective methods. Like all human beings, scientists have biases. Indeed, the...
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UK Research Funders Announce Liberated Open Access Policy
From April 2013, science papers must be made free to access within six months of publication if they come...
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Steven Weinberg: Why the Higgs Boson Matters
The announcement that the “Higgs boson” had been discovered at the CERN laboratory in Geneva made news around the...
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A Closer Look at the Higgs Boson
Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle...
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“It’s a Boson:” Higgs Quest Bears New Particle
Scientists at Europe’s CERN research centre have found a new subatomic particle, a basic building block of the universe,...