Ask the Chefs: Is Research Integrity Possible without Peer Review?
Continuing the run-up to this year’s Peer Review Week (September 19-23) today you’ll hear the Chefs’ answers to the question: Is research integrity possible without peer review?
Off for Labor Day: Get Behind the Mule
We are off for the US Labor Day holiday, but wanted to say thanks to all who do the hard work of scholarly communications.
Slow Down with Hummingbirds
As our community bursts into motion, we offer a moment to slow down.
Announcing Scholarly Kitchen Translation Collections
Announcing the first releases from our new program to create and offer translations of Scholarly Kitchen posts into different languages.
Ask The Chefs: OSTP Policy Part I
Everyone has an opinion about the OSTP Policy memo! Come over and hear what the Chefs have to say and share your opinions with us. Part 1 of a 2 part post.
Making Hard Candy: Non-Newtonian Fluids
How do you make a candy cane and how does candy behave as a non-Newtonian fluid?
Design Matters: Why Are Company Logos Simplifying?
A look at recent trends in brand logo design, and why things are becoming simpler.
Bad Handwriting, Undeliverable Mail, and Improvements in OCR
The question of what happens to your mail when the address is illegible offers a view on how much OCR technology has improved.
The Latest in Spider Necrobiotics
The latest in soft robotics research finds materials from an unexpected source.
A Time Travel Guide to Ancient Rome
The Scholarly Kitchen has, over the years, offered significant resources for the potential time traveler. Here, a guide to visiting Ancient Rome.
Summer Break
We’re on summer break for a week.
Found in a Library Book
The Oakland Public Library shows us what they’ve found.
Why Are There No Big Dogs?
We have big cats like tigers in the wild. Where are the big dogs?
Out of Office: 4th of July
We are off for the 4th of July holiday, with some bittersweet musical accompaniment.
Words We Need
English is a vocabulary-rich language, but we still lack some terms we need.