As #AI shakes up science, this professor is wrestling with whether to give a new project to a graduate student or AI.
Our latest @science.org Working Life essay.
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An Ecuadorian biologist is accused of scientific misconduct, inflating species counts, mishandling animals, entering reserves without permission and potentially complicating the development of lifesaving snake antivenoms. For more than a year, I investigated him for @science.org:
"I became the scientist I am because my supervisors and collaborators were willing to share ideas, resources, and mentorship. It is a strange feeling for me to see that culture threatened." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4mNW4Br
“It can competently perform a lot of the work I need immediately,” this professor writes
"Looking back, saying 'yes' to teaching was one of the most transformative decisions of my career. It didn’t just make me a better educator; it made me a better scientist." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4sE0Dk4
My latest: in an interview with @science.org, new NASA administrator Jared Isaacman promises a big uptick in lunar robotic missions, another potential Mars 2028 mission beyond comms, and continued support for earth science observation.
(Sorry astro and helio folks, time went fast.)
Katie Langin
More inclusive journal policies ease author name changes on published papers
These policies allow authors to change their names without public notification of any kind. #TransDayOfVisibility https://bit.ly/4qZMGeH
Alejandro Arteaga’s efforts to identify and protect tropical reptiles and amphibians have entangled him in controversy
Career effects of preprints get mixed reviews from biomedical researchers
Junior researchers are more likely to embrace preprints; grant reviewers and hiring committees express doubts. https://bit.ly/4ljsF1n
Rejoice! It’s grad student recruitment weekend!
Our Experimental Error columnist shares advice for making the most of graduate school interviews. #NewSciGen https://bit.ly/46IcSDg
"In our culture, preferring an algorithm to a trainee feels like a betrayal of the academic mission." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4bjmEwT
"There is perhaps no stronger evidence of the [Trump] administration’s objectives to reduce the quality of the US scientific workforce than its treatment of the [NSF]’s flagship Graduate Research Fellowship Program," writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4d0fi3N
Jared Isaacman says agency may accelerate lunar science program and could tackle a new Mars mission in 2028
