Academia

ACADEMIC WRITING

Research Getting Buried? Change How You Write

By Reihane Boghrati, Arizona State University

BRAIN DRAIN

U.S. Must Invest in Emerging Scientists

By Kafui Dzirasa, Duke University

ED REFORM

We Must Change How We Fund Graduate School

By Kafui Dzirasa, Christopher D. Lynn, Jin Kim Montclare, Leia Stirling and Bill Wuest

Academic Impact

Why Public Engagement Is Essential To The Future Of The University

By Diana Brazzell, Footnote

Privacy Isn't Dead

What Facebook Can Learn From Academia About Protecting Privacy

By Alexandra Wood, Harvard University & Micah Altman, MIT

Qualitative Questions

The Benefits & Challenges of Making Qualitative Research More Transparent

By Colin Elman, Syracuse University & Diana Kapiszewski, Georgetown University

Tenure Troubles

Do Our Measures of Academic Success Hurt Science?

By Rinze Benedictus & Frank Miedema, University Medical Center Utrecht

Drowning in Data

Can Better Training Help Fix the Reproducibility Crisis?

By Erin Becker, Data Carpentry

Trust, But Verify

Should Journals Be Responsible for Reproducibility?

By William G. Jacoby, Michigan State; Sophia Lafferty-Hess, Duke; and Thu-Mai Christian, UNC Chapel Hill

Rethinking Research

Paving the Way to More Reliable Scientific Research

By Stephanie Wykstra, Ph.D.

Building Foundations

The Twisty Road from Science to Technology

By Emily Weiss, Northwestern University

Encouraging Efficiency

Scientific Research Needs More Funding, But Also Smarter Spending

By Deepti Pradhan, Yale

Engaged Inquiry

Helping Students Pursue Research With A Purpose

By Allen Hance & Stephen Buka, Brown University

Meat Misunderstanding

Should You Really Swear Off Bacon? How Statistical Confusion Provoked An Online Panic

By Stefanie Tignor, Northeastern & Jesse Lyons, MIT

Scholars In Action

How Engaged Learning Can Invigorate Higher Education

By Alan Harlam, Brown University

Synthesizing Gender

A Biologist Moves Past The Nature Vs. Nurture Debate

By Anne Fausto-Sterling, Brown University

Beyond the Lab

Building A Better Nuclear Bomb Detector

By Sarah Haig & Andrew Inglis, Silverside Detectors

Robot Report

Microbots, Robot Swarms, And Other News From The Future

By Sabine Hauert, University of Bristol & Hallie Siegel, Robohub

Eradicating Irrationality

Combating Bad Intuitions With Good Science

By Dan Ariely, Duke University

Quantity Over Quality

Fake Papers A Symptom Of More Serious Problems In Academia

By Achilleas Kostoulas, University of Manchester