Misuse of p-values
Problems with experimental reproducibility have been of concern in the scientific community of late, which has been attributed as least in part to our misuse of p-values. Misconceptions of the […]
The CRISPR zoo and gene drive
A recent news feature in Nature (Welcome to the CRISPR zoo) highlights the myriad of ongoing applications for CRISPR technology: from controlling disease in engineered bee populations to CRISPi chickens […]
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Cognitive bias in research…
There are a couple recent features/editorials in the Nature special section for irreproducible research that discuss our cognitive bias during experiments and whether we take any steps to limit those biases. A […]
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Nothing more embarrassing than asking for the same reagent twice
A recent article in Nature addresses the use of laboratory databases to manage inventory (Lab-inventory management: Time to take stock). The article describes a range of available databases to integrate […]
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Shifting from the t-test to ANOVA
As we discussed in our last five-minutes of science, a new perspective in Plant Cell (Reassess the t Test) by plant researchers from UCDavis and UMN addresses the growing complexity […]
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Redemption after retraction: XA21-mediated immunity
Very interesting comment in Nature this week highlighting the story of XA21-mediated immunity in rice (Rice researchers redress retraction), which was initially published in Science in 2009, retracted in 2013, […]
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Building the 21st century scientist
The July 15 issue of Nature includes a special for building the 21st century scientist. The issue includes features and commentaries describing some of the skills we should acquire but […]
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Big genomics data raising alarms
The alarming explosion of genome sequencing data was recently addressed in PLoS Biology (Big Data: Astronomical or Genomical), and touched on in Nature News (Genome researchers raise alarm over big […]
