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The best Metascience newsletters

3 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

Macroscience

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macroscience.org· biweekly· Published 3 days ago

Macroscience is a newsletter about improving how science is funded, organized and evaluated, with a focus on metascience, research institutions and science policy. Readers get analysis of government metascience initiatives, debates between policy experts, and commentary from economists on how AI may reshape scientific progress.

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newsletter.goodscienceproject.org· irregular· Published 28 days ago

A science-policy newsletter examining how US biomedical funding and research practice could be improved, including proposals for reporting null results and critiques of NIH oversight. Readers get analysis of agency processes, metascience ideas and guest perspectives from former officials.

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sciencefictions.org· monthly· Inactive for over a year

A monthly roundup of links about bad science, scientific fraud, retractions and replication failures, written with a cynical, true-crime flavour. It helps readers keep up with research misconduct stories and the broader push for more honest science.

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