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As 2016 comes to a close, Sigma Xi would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the Sigma Xi Newsletter a look at the most-clicked articles from the year, in order of popularity (starting with the first article as the most popular) . Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 11.
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From June 29: Tee Guidotti becomes the president of Sigma Xi on July 1. In his first president's letter, he identifies what he sees as the most important scientific issues facing the world, the most important issues facing the scientific community, and how Sigma Xi can make progress on these issues.
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From July 27: Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti responds to the results from a survey of scientists that asked "If you could change one thing about how science works today, what would it be and why?"
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From Oct. 6: In his November–December letter, Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti emphasizes the importance of civil behavior within the research community.
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From Aug. 10: Sigma Xi President Tee Guidotti describes how scientific research is morphing from its roots as a vocation to a profession, and raises the question of whether that creates a need for a formal code of ethics for research.
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Science Alert
From June 29: A small clinical trial of 10 patients with early Alzheimer’s disease has shown that the memory loss and cognitive impairment can be reversed. Not only were improvements sustained, but some patients returned to work, regained their ability to speak different languages, and showed an increase in brain matter volume after just a few months.
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American Scientist
From Sept. 7: After seeing media reports about the cupping techniques used by Olympians such as Michael Phelps, American Scientist digital features editor Katie L. Burke makes the case for why the term pseudoscience should no longer be used by scientists, science communicators, and journalists.
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ScienceDebate.org
From Sept. 21: All four major candidates for United States president have responded to key questions about science, engineering, technology, health, and the environment. The 20 questions came from a coalition of 56 nonpartisan organizations, led by ScienceDebate.org and representing scientists and engineers worldwide. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is member of the coalition and provided input into the question development process.
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From Jan. 27: Judith Herzfeld, chair of Sigma Xi’s Committee on Lectureships, introduces the 2016–2017 group.
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From May 4: Sigma Xi President-Elect Tee Guidotti explains how Sigma Xi's mission fits into public policy and states that members can expect to see more activity in science policy in the future.
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From Aug. 24: In his latest Sigma Xi Speaks article, Executive Director and CEO John C. Nemeth discusses the new Research Communications Initiative. He also shares science questions that Sigma Xi helped co-develop for U.S. presidential candidates and a new feature: the Kids Science Reading Corner.
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