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The unreasonable effectiveness of bias in scientific discoveries

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Planning scientific discoveries is not like building a railroad. Extreme accuracy in the analysis of projects can be sometimes counterproductive, similarly to what happens...

Beware! Competition For Research Funds Can Kill You

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Stefan Grimm, noto e stimato professore di tossicologia presso l’Imperial College (Londra)  è stato trovato morto nella sua casa il 25 settembre scorso. Era...

Joining the dots: unprecedented level of pan-european research activism

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La rivista EuroScientist ha dedicato un numero speciale su "Research Activism" nei differenti paesi europei. Di seguito l'editoriale dell' Editor in Chief Sabine Louet  By Sabine...

Public research financing in Italy: A matter of quantity as well...

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In the public sector, we are witnessing a quantitative and qualitative dramatic change in Italian R&D expenditure. Due to the budget cuts, the Ordinary...

Evaluation: dogma of excellence replaced by scientific diversity

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The current dogma says that the largest part of available research funds must be assigned only to the best scientists. This way, researchers, who...