Luddite Horses and Why Your Job May Soon Cease to Exist
A sobering look at the coming “robot revolution”, and how for many jobs in the future, humans need not apply.
In Science, Should the Majority Rule?
HBO’s John Oliver offers a numerically representative debate about climate change. While he accurately skewers how the media presents science, this “majority rules” approach may not be the best way to judge what’s right or wrong.
Welcome Our Newest Chef, Jill O'Neill
Please welcome our newest Chef, Jill O’Neill from the NFAIS.
US Department of Energy Announces Public Access Plan
On February 22, 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a memorandum on, “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research.” Today marks the first release of a funding agency’s plans to fulfill […]
Ask The Chefs: "When Do We Stop Printing?"
We ask our authors to gaze into their crystal balls regarding the future of print.
Stick To Your Ribs: The Impact Factor’s Greatest Hits (and Misses)
Yesterday saw the release of the 2013 Impact Factors for scholarly journals. We present a look back at some favorite posts examining the Impact Factor.
The Importance of Funding Basic Science Research
FASEB’s Stand Up For Science competition winner brings perspective to the question of why we need to fund basic research.
2001 (Posts, and counting…)
The Scholarly Kitchen reaches a numerical milestone.
Stories of Tech Failure: The PicturePhone
A fascinating look at a failed technology from 1964, and what it might have become.
Stick To Your Ribs: Ask the Chefs: “Are We a Service Industry Or a Product Industry?”
Revisiting a 2012 post to ask, do journal authors really give their articles away for free to publishers?
What is an eBook? How do Publishers price it?
A short video explaining the costs that go into producing a book, and how little difference there is in those costs between electronic and print books.
The Daily Show: Glass Half Empty
The Daily Show goes after the “glassholes”.
Gone Fishing: Back in a Week
It’s been a crazy busy Spring for all at The Scholarly Kitchen and we’re taking a much needed week off.
Happy Anniversary: 50 Years of the Science Citation Index
This week marks the golden anniversary of the Science Citation Index, introduced by Eugene Garfield in 1964.
What Is A Photocopier?
A reenactment of a legal deposition transcript offers some absurdity for your Friday.