Peer reviewers are turning to ChatGPT when writing referee reports, suggests a new study by Weixin Liang & colleagues. My latest for nature: nature.com/articles/d4158… Andrew Gray | @[email protected] Voice of Researchers

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I am sorry but Zarah Sultana,John McDonnell,Ian Byrner,Richard Burgon and Apsana Begum still have to justify why they will stand on a manifesto which will advocate for Starmer to become PM when he openly said that IDF can mass starve a population+wants child benefit cuts in Uk…

A study that identified buzzword adjectives that could be hallmarks of AI-written text in peer-review reports suggests that researchers are turning to ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools to evaluate others’ work go.nature.com/4atrGW6

Peer reviewers are turning to ChatGPT when writing referee reports, suggests a new study by Weixin Liang & colleagues. My latest for nature: nature.com/articles/d4158… Andrew Gray | @[email protected] Voice of Researchers

When Jonathan Goodman was looking for a paper published by the journal Heterocycles, he realised that all of the journal's content had disappeared from the web — my latest for Chemistry World: chemistryworld.com/news/a-key-che… Alicia Wise CLOCKSS Martin Paul Eve Crossref | @[email protected] Mathias Senge

The chemistry journal Heterocycles suspended publication in December 2023, and it is far from unique. A January 2024 study of over 7.4 million studies found that just under 28% were not preserved online. What happens when academic journals disappear?
chemistryworld.com/news/a-key-che…

When Jonathan Goodman was looking for a paper published by the journal Heterocycles, he realised that all of the journal's content had disappeared from the web — my latest for Chemistry World: chemistryworld.com/news/a-key-che… Alicia Wise CLOCKSS Martin Paul Eve Crossref | @[email protected] Mathias Senge

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will mandate all researchers to post preprint articles stemming from any research the foundation funds: cen.acs.org/policy/publish…

The Gates Foundation will no longer pay for article-processing charges and is mandating all its funded research to post preprints of any studies stemming from its funding. My latest for C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News): cen.acs.org/policy/publish… Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Richard Sever

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Israel has been killing 75 Palestinian children every day for nearly 6 months.

In Gaza, 'every person, the first thing they want to tell me in English or Arabic is 'We need food,’' says UNICEF spokesperson James Elder. 'They are saying that because their assumption is the world doesn’t know, because how would this be allowed to happen if the world knew?'

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Deluge of cocaine & contraceptive pills from sewage spills & treated effluent are poisoning UK wildlife

Brilliantly exposed by Prof Alex Ford on Good Morning Britain

It’s not enough that water companies 💩in our rivers & seas but they inject them with a cocktail of chemicals & pathogens too

I am so excited to share this great new program from KSJ at MIT: Knight Science Journalism Program Launches HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship ksj.mit.edu/news/2024/03/2…

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