7 Biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists...
Trying times for science...
Very interesting article - and a pretty damning insight into the world of modern scientific research. Definitely worth a read.
http://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process
Also, John Oliver did a great episode on the topic, highlighting the issues the scientific community is facing.
Check it out below:
This plays into some concerns I have about this platform and popularity-based financial incentives for user provided content, which I do find fascinating and I'm very curious to see how it works in the long term.
i don't have the articles on hand, though I had come across some stories a while back about how various organizations were looking at using blockchain applications that would serve as effective solutions for some of these problems...