An Unlikely Library of Obsolete Technologies
A recycling center in New York has become the go-to library for film and television studios looking for vintage electronic props.
Funder Mandates and A Potential Change in Laboratory Dynamics
What happens when regulations around research funding pit the interests of the laboratory head against those of their students and postdocs?
Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles of Design
Creating a new product or service? Re-designing your journal? Dieter Rams’ ten principles of good design remain as vital a guide as ever.
All the Details of the New York Public Library
A deep architectural dive into the remarkable New York Public Library.
Writing Styles, Roald Dahl, and Writing Huts
We all have our individual approaches to work. Here, author Roald Dahl offers a tour of his process and his backyard writing hut.
When Does Enhancement Become Deceit? Advertising Food Tricks
Think science has issues with image manipulation? Wait till you see these advertising tricks used to make food look appetizing.
Access Alone Isn’t Enough: Revisiting Calls for Discovery, Infrastructure, Technology, and Training
While open access offers great benefit to lower-income countries, more is needed than just access alone. Revisiting several posts about the bigger picture needs.
Different Places, Different Voices
Highlighting a sampling of posts by authors from around the globe to help raise awareness of the communication needs and concerns of the international scholarly community.
300 Years of Element Discovery
A nice visualization showing when different elements were added to the Periodic Table.
Welcoming Back The US Public Domain
January 1, 2019 marked the emergence of new works to the US Public Domain for the first time in 20 years.