September 25, 2009
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Embargo? Embargo? The case of the missing flu paper - An open-and-shut case for open science?
Blogging geoscience meetings
Congrats to Cary, NC for being named as one of America's "Next Cities" by Next Generation…
September 25, 2009
There are 19 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
September 25, 2009
Friday Ark #262 is up on Modulator
September 24, 2009
I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.
- Albert Camus
September 24, 2009
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An Ontology for Biological Similarities
Open Access Publishing Is Not Perfect, Yet
Misunderstanding Dawkins: The Role of Metaphor in Science
Which scientists can you trust? (also discussed on FriendFeed) - something I'd…
September 24, 2009
Under the fold are some pictures from the inaugural Long Table event at 3Cups in Chapel Hill with Moroccan food prepared by Sandwhich, organized by Anton and Erin Zuiker.
There were about 35 people there. I knew a few of them from before, but it was mostly new people I got to meet. Some people were…
September 24, 2009
Let's check all seven PLoS journals tonight.... As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg)…
September 24, 2009
The 120th edition of the Skeptics' Circle is up on Pro-science
September 24, 2009
Today, I accepted the invitation to join the editorial board of the Journal of Science Communication. Now I am reviewing my first manuscript....
September 24, 2009
On Tuesday night I went to the RTP headquarters for Techie Tuesday, an occasional event when people who work in various companies in the Park come over, after work, and have some good food, a beer, and get to relax and chat and meet new people. It is quite a lot of fun. Pictures under the fold (…
September 23, 2009
Every day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, ever minutes so filled with the life I love, that time for me has fled on too swift a wing.
- Aga Khan III
September 23, 2009
47 institutions in 14 German Federal States will take part in the Open Access Week 2009.
Prevention of Winter Depression
Iran's science minister does science the easy way: by plagiarizing [updated]
Glenn Beck and left-right confusion
Getting a jump on journalism bootstrapping
'You and Your Research…
September 22, 2009
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
- Aeschylus
September 22, 2009
Triangle is first stop in U.S. global health revamp
CNN's New Journalism Strategy: Out-Dumbass The Internet (video)
Why Fall Colors Are Different in U.S. and Europe
Cartooning Evolution Home, 1861-1925 - awesome evolution-themed cartoons from old newspapers.
UNC pharmacy prof Stephen Frye on Ernie…
September 22, 2009
Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date. As we have surpassed 370 entries, all of them, as well as the "submit" buttons and codes and the bookmarklet, are under the fold. You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and…
September 22, 2009
at the NC Zoo (photo taken by iPhone)
September 22, 2009
There are 21 new articles in PLoS ONE today. As always, you should rate the articles, post notes and comments and send trackbacks when you blog about the papers. You can now also easily place articles on various social services (CiteULike, Mendeley, Connotea, Stumbleupon, Facebook and Digg) with…
September 22, 2009
Celebrity, blogging and the role of the academic
Journalism FAIL on climate change: Vital signs weak for climate bill (via @jayrosen_nyu: "For a perfect example of "will it work?" outranking "is it true?" see The Politico's savvy")
Rebooting the News #26 (podcast)
Canadian Health Care, Even With…
September 21, 2009
Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson
September 21, 2009
at the NC Zoo (photo taken by iPhone)
September 21, 2009
The new issue of the open access Journal of Science Communication is out. From the Table of Contents:
Filling the gap between theory and practice:
Jcom's adventure was launched nearly eight years ago, when a group of lecturers and former students of the Master's degree in Science Communication at…
September 21, 2009
Music that makes me laugh, or makes me want to dance, is entertaining music.
Music that makes me think or admire the artist's skills, is good music.
Music that makes me cry is Great Music. Rare.
September 21, 2009
Seven keys to building healthy online community
Is your work cited in journals which are not ISI listed? Publish or Perish
God And Prosperity - Ronald Bailey sums up a new paper by Gregory Paul in the journal Evolutionary Psychology.
Why the news media became irrelevant--and how social media can…
September 21, 2009
Scientia Pro Publica #12 is up on Lab Rat
September 20, 2009
In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.
- Abram L. Urban
September 20, 2009
at the NC Zoo (photo taken by iPhone)
September 20, 2009
Totally copying Chris' idea, let me do this experiment - put here the choice links that I posted on Twitter over the past week. Does not include links I "Liked" on FriendFeed or Facebook, just links I tweeted or retweeted over the last seven days, roughly in chronological order:
Michelle Malkin and…
September 19, 2009
In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
- Abigail Van Buren
September 19, 2009
at the NC Zoo (photo taken by iPhone)
September 18, 2009
It was an interesting experience being metropolitan editor of the Times, in precisely the same way as being simmered in a saucepan for a few years is terribly interesting.
- A. M. Rosenthal
