Japan can be a science heavyweight once more if it rethinks funding(nature.com)

145 points by rntn 1 year ago | 44 comments

US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2B in research grants(nature.com)

49 points by rntn 1 year ago | 5 comments

Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind Covid(nature.com)

21 points by rntn 1 year ago | 15 comments

Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature's research papers(nature.com)

108 points by rntn 1 year ago | 58 comments

Human neuroscience is entering a new era – it mustn't forget its human dimension(nature.com)

43 points by rntn 2 years ago | 47 comments

CERN's $17B supercollider in question as top funder criticizes cost(nature.com)

10 points by cyberlimerence 2 years ago | 0 comments

China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

116 points by mushstory 13 days ago | 98 comments

Yomiuri Shimbun news article reporting that China surpassed the U.S. as the world's top R&D spender in 2024, citing Japanese science ministry data.

Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)

828 points by d0ks 5 months ago | 386 comments

A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

Japan’s government will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training(technomancers.ai)

412 points by version_five 3 years ago | 329 comments

Blog post reporting that Japan's government will not enforce copyright on data used for AI training.

Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan(tokyodev.com)

126 points by pwim 26 days ago | 41 comments

A TokyoDev article by Marco Cognetta on completing a computer science PhD at Tokyo Institute of Technology on a MEXT scholarship while working at Google.

Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners(aljazeera.com)

120 points by mikhael 1 month ago | 323 comments

Al Jazeera article on Japan raising requirements for permanent residency and tightening rules for foreigners amid a rightward political shift.