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We’ll meet again: scientists’ post-pandemic wish list

When Meetings Can’t Be an Email
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Even in the region of far central Brazil, the Chapada dos Vederios, a mountainous land of waterfalls and the occasional jaguar philosophy, is very much dependent on interactions with science people. In ‘normal’ times, Raisa Viera, an ecologist at the International Institute for Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro, will be known as a regular resident, … Read more

‘Elite’ researchers dominate citation space

How GPT-3 and Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy

An analysis of more than 26 million scientific studies published by more than 4 million researchers between 2000 and 2015 found that as of 2015, the top 1% of most cited authors accounted for 21% of all citations. This citation disparity has become more extreme over time, and the share of citations from US-based scientists … Read more

Fieldwork at your fingertips: creative methods for social research

How IoT is Evolving Agriculture

We are members of a social-science laboratory in Sydney, Australia, and collectively we research how social factors, such as gender or education, affect health and how people integrate digital technologies into their everyday lives Huh. We have studied topics including smartphone usage, women’s health and fitness practices and how people track self-improvement metrics using smartwatches. … Read more

What I learnt from 700 e-mail applications

What I learnt from 700 e-mail applications

In 2014, through a four-year degree course in mechanical engineering at the Government Engineering College in Thiruvananthapuram, India, I was already desperate to start my career in research, so I started planning early. When I finally graduated I started applying for positions abroad. I was one of three applicants shortlisted for a research internship on … Read more

‘Does anyone have any of these?’: Lab-supply shortages strike amid global

The Gabb Watch: A Kid’s First Smartwatch

Scientists from around the world are splurging to secure basic supplies in the wake of epidemics, which has led to increased demand for test materials, disrupting manufacturing and distribution channels. The lack of gloves, plastic tips for pipettes, centrifuge tubes and other laboratory basics has slowed or even stopped projects, but researchers say. “We were … Read more

Seeing biodiversity from a Chinese perspective

Seeing biodiversity from a Chinese perspective

British zoologist Alice Hugh has been working at the Xishuangbana Tropical Botanical Garden in Mangalun, southern China’s Yunnan province, for nearly eight years. She reveals what she has learned about the country’s approach to ecological conservation ahead of its first United Nations Biodiversity Conference in May in Kunming, Yunnan. What is your current role? I … Read more

The Jobs That Pay Over $100K a Year

Jobs That Pay Over $100K a Year:-Which careers pay the most cash? Obviously, they’re the positions that require unique abilities and preparation to perform assignments that not every person can do. In the 21st century, that generally implies clinical and medical services-related positions, as well as designing, executives, and data innovation occupations. The Bureau of … Read more

18 High Salary Jobs That Can Be Done From Home Online

Whether or not you are a housewife or father, an understudy wanting to deal with commitment, or a retiree looking for extra methods of acquiring cash, these electronic low-upkeep occupations are certainly worth your time. The present post is a careful summary of work from home places that remunerate reasonably, and don’t anticipate that you … Read more