Monday Edition
1000s German academics have to teach — even if they're never paid for it
In Germany and Austria there's a degree higher than a PhD traditionally required for professorships, and it's kind of a terrible deal.
Elise Cutts
Elise Cutts is a science journalist and ex-scientist. She writes a newsletter called Reviewer, too.
Science journalism
The two secret ingredients of great science media
Here's a hint: they rhyme with honey and lime.
Science journalism
A scammer impersonated a science journalist. It worked.
AI fraud is going to make it harder for new voices to break into science journalism
AI
OpenAI is turning math into a pay-to-win game
Also: NSF science funding overhaul, more newspaper layoffs, and people trust scientists who seem "on their side"
Science journalism
This is how a science paper becomes science news
Also: Journals milking open access fees, AI interest stories, and a big win for local journalism in California
Monday Edition
Five takeaways from the MIT report on AI in higher ed
Also: Two AI math discoveries, unconventional science funding, and bunsen burner mythology
Science Communication
"It's honestly a miracle that we're still around" — the Xylom's Alex Ip on indie newsroom realities
Also: Controversial changes to NIH peer review, 90% of biomedical papers show signs of AI use, and Harvard shuts down its writing center
Science Communication
Some things are beyond words (and pictures, and video)
Sometimes you just have to be there
Announcements
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Monday Edition
Academics in Germany and Austria are stuck in job limbo
Also: Montana's "right to try" law for experimental cures, UK science gets reshuffled, a university sues Anthropic over patents, and more from last week
Monday Edition
It is not science journalism's job to improve trust in science
Also: The "Science: A New Golden Age" report, layoffs at National Geographic, and studies on the consequences of AI adoption in research
Monday Edition
Is peer review at Science sexist?
Also: Attention as a class issue, an anti-AI editorial containing AI links, and a Thiel-backed journalist-rating startup