Digital identity in science is not unified by default. Tools like ORCID and database checks can reveal mismatches and missing affiliations that affect visibility and credit.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04132-y

#ResearchIntegrity #ORCID #OpenScience #Bibliometrics #SciencePolicy

Researchers: here’s how to audit your fragmented digital identity

Services that track researcher profiles can splinter people’s online identities — but there are ways to keep them consistent.

When Scientific Arguments Obscure Moral Ones, Democracy Suffers
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2026/05/14/opinion-scientific-moral-arguments/
#Viewpoints #HealthMedicine #SciencePolicy
When Scientific Arguments Obscure Moral Ones, Democracy Suffers

Opinion | The Pentagon’s new flu vaccine policy revives a debate over whether to prioritize individual choice or public health.

Undark Magazine

DECADE-OLD GENETIC SHARING RULES STILL BAFFLE RESEARCHERS

How does the Nagoya Protocol affect genetic research in 2026? Learn about new guidance for scientists regarding access and benefit-sharing rules.

#geneticresearch, #nagoyaprotocol, #sciencepolicy, #labsafety, #biotechlaw

https://newsletter.tf/nagoya-protocol-genetic-research-guidance-2026/

New rules for genetic research are here. This update is more detailed than the 2016 version to help labs avoid legal trouble.

#geneticresearch, #nagoyaprotocol, #sciencepolicy, #labsafety, #biotechlaw
https://newsletter.tf/nagoya-protocol-genetic-research-guidance-2026/

New Nagoya Protocol guidance for scientists in May 2026

How does the Nagoya Protocol affect genetic research in 2026? Learn about new guidance for scientists regarding access and benefit-sharing rules.

NewsletterTF

In this presentation, I explore the idea of "AI plagiarism" not as a simple violation, but as a mismatch between new modes of text production and outdated systems for assessing knowledge and contribution.

 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25560.87049

If text no longer reliably reflects thinking, what exactly are we evaluating?

This is part of my workshop at the Science Festival 2026.

#OpenScience #AcademicIntegrity #GenerativeAI #ResearchEthics #ScholarlyCommunication #SciencePolicy #HigherEducation

The Trump administration dismissed all 22 National Science Board members just before they could release a report on the US falling behind China in science and technology.

https://worldbriefly.news/trump-administration-dismisses-all-22-members-of-national-science-board

#NSB #SciencePolicy #Politics

Trump administration dismisses all 22 members of National Science Board

The Trump administration has dismissed all 22 members of the National Science Board, the independent body that oversees the National Science Foundation, reportedly just before the board was set to release a report warning that the US is falling behind China in science and technology.

World Briefly
To lead in global innovation, Canada must prioritize basic science | The-14

Canada risks losing innovation leadership by underfunding basic science, increasing reliance on foreign research and weakening long-term progress.

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In Coal Country, Black Lung Surges as Federal Protections Stall
- ciundrk
https://undark.org/2026/05/06/black-lung-federal-protections/
#NewsFeatures #HealthMedicine #SciencePolicy
In Coal Country, Black Lung Surges as Federal Protections Stall

As cases mount, industry pushback is delaying federal rules that would reduce miners’ exposure to deadly silica dust.

Undark Magazine

When Trust Becomes Strategy: Rethinking America’s Innovation Posture

The article examines the challenges facing U.S. leadership among its allies, highlighting a growing credibility crisis stemming from American unpredictability. As allies hedge against U.S. inconsistency, trust diminishes, affecting collaboration in science and technology. The author argues for institutional continuity, coherent policies, and treating trust as a strategic asset to restore confidence.

https://lpixa.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/when-trust-becomes-strategy-rethinking-americas-innovation-posture/

Is the Outer Space Treaty becoming a "League of Nations" for the cosmos?

In a new Opinion piece for Frontiers, we argue that existing space governance isn't fit for the era of private satellite megaconstellations. To protect our shared heritage, we need a shift toward "Space Environmentalism."

We still have the chance to build a future by design rather than by default—if we act before these norms are set in stone.

Read more: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/space-technologies/articles/10.3389/frspt.2026.1748406/full

#SpacePolicy #Astronomy #SciencePolicy #SpaceEnvironmentalism

Frontiers | The Outer Space Treaty won’t save us from ourselves

since 2020. 1 We argue here that this trajectory ignores history's lessons and will lead to failure to meet self-serving military/security goals of natio...

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