Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week

Science Magazine Self-correction in science at work Science Magazine Promoting an open research culture Blogs Berkeley A giant leap for science Times Higher Education Peer review: not as old as you might think Inside Higher Education Data are always the smoking gun Library Journal Sharing policy draws criticism; Elsevier responds Plos Blogs Research matters Phys.org Springer acquires three pioneering open access journals from the Max Planck Society The Australian Financial Review‎ Research students must be trained for jobs in industry Pacific Standard Is our medical research honing in on the right issues? PharmiWeb Prize4Life, Sage Bionetworks and DREAM launch an open science challenge to find clues to understanding heterogeneity in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) PR Newswire Citing “moral imperative”, Authorea platform releases unprecedented details of ebola study Mail & Guardian Door ‘slammed on open access’ to academic work Open Democracy Can open data tackle corruption?