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Jun 15, 2023 · Instead ITER is on the verge of a record-setting disaster as accumulated schedule slips and budget overruns threaten to make it the most delayed—and most cost-inflated—science project in...
- Charles Seife
Jul 3, 2024 · The giant fusion reactor known as ITER will not turn on until 2034, 9 years later than currently scheduled, according to a new timeline the international organization announced this week. Energy producing fusion reactions—the goal of the project—won’t come until 2039, and only in short bursts, to satisfy safety concerns of the nuclear ...
Jul 14, 2016 · Science is in big trouble. Or so we’re told. In the past several years, many scientists have become afflicted with a serious case of doubt — doubt in the very institution of science.
- “Academia has a huge money problem.” Well, duh. Voxcorrectly identifies universities as the pinch point, because they are the home of investigator-initiated scientific research and the boot camp for basic training in research.
- “Too many studies are poorly designed. Blame bad incentives.” True again. A significant portion of published science is poor quality or misleading to uncritical readers, usually junior investigators or lay readers.
- “Peer review is broken.” Not exactly news. The fundamental problem behind mediocre studies debasing the literature is that there is only one acceptable way to evaluate quality, and that is peer review.
- “Too much science is locked behind paywalls.” Yes, there are commercial barriers to accessing much important science: user and pay-per-view fees, subscription costs, licensing fees and royalties, proprietary data restrictions, patents, and other obstacles.
Nov 20, 2018 · We talked with Camerer about how bad the problem is and what can be done to correct it; and the "open science" movement, which encourages the sharing of data, information, and materials among researchers.
Nov 20, 2018 · We talked with Camerer about how bad the problem is and what can be done to correct it; and the "open science" movement, which encourages the sharing of data, information, and materials among researchers.
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May 30, 2023 · Drawing on interdisciplinary literature on science collaboration and Big Science as well as on scholarship on strategic action fields (SAFs), I address this blind spot by proposing a model that outlines which mechanisms induce and fuel conflict in Big Science projects and networks.
