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English is now considered the common language, or 'lingua franca', of global science. All major scientific journals seemingly publish in English, despite the fact that their pages contain research from across the globe.
However, a new study suggests that over a third of new scientific reports are published in languages other than English, which can result in these findings being overlooked - contributing to biases in our understanding.
As well as the international community missing important science, language hinders new findings getting through to practitioners in the field say researchers from the University of Cambridge.
They argue that whenever science is only published in one language, including solely in English, barriers to the transfer of knowledge are created.
The Cambridge researchers call on scientific journals to publish basic summaries of a study's key findings in multiple languages, and universities and funding bodies to encourage translations as part of their 'outreach' evaluation criteria.
(Score: 1) by lcall on Tuesday January 03 2017, @02:43PM
No. The Church has been very open about what has changed (grammar/spelling etc to correct printing errors & the like since the original, to conform better to the earliest materials), and I've been reading from these books my whole life (I am a grandparent). Please specify the before & after text and your sources. I have a somewhat older edition, and they are also online I'm sure.
(Score: 1) by lcall on Tuesday January 03 2017, @06:59PM
Also, to be clear, all people regardless of color always had souls.
Please let's all evaluate ourselves & try to keep the level of conversation above hit & run trolling, or cheap statements that bash others; let's build instead of tearing down. We can do it, even when we disagree deeply.
Best wishes.