European Science Foundation demands retraction of criticism in Nature, threatens legal action, Retraction Watch “Amayo Moro-Martin, an assistant astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and an associate research scientist at The Johns Hopkins University, apparently angered the ESF with the bolded phrase below: …” A call to those who care about Europe’s science, Nature

How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science, opinion, The Guardian “We all know what distorting incentives have done to finance and banking. The incentives my colleagues face are not huge bonuses, but the professional rewards that accompany publication in prestigious journals – chiefly Nature, Cell and Science. … These journals aggressively curate their brands, in ways more conducive to selling subscriptions than to stimulating the most important […]

US midterm elections: Policy row launches NASA into limbo, Nature “Congress baulked, and on 29 September passed an act requesting funds for projects initiated under Constellation and granting less than half of the administration’s request for private spaceflight. With Congress now in recess and unable to allocate funds, NASA is funded at current levels and cannot change course. “It has to keep spending on programmes that it’s going to kill, […]