Will We Be Ready When That Other Type of Disruption Comes?
Disruption has at least two flavors. We’ve dealt well with one, but may be blind to the second. Are those footsteps I hear?
Disruption has at least two flavors. We’ve dealt well with one, but may be blind to the second. Are those footsteps I hear?
Two popular science shows take a different approach to science education and inspiration, but both are effective, and more than welcomed.
A surprising new coalition of Tea Party and US-first activists begin an effort to limit US taxpayer-funded research to US taxpayers. Will it succeed?
Science has always been politicized, but its political involvement and use is different these days. What is happening? And what can we do about it?
LeVar Burton’s keynote from Tools of Change is amusing, interesting, and inspiring.
There’s much more to making “post-publication peer-review” work, much less a valid form of peer-review. Rebranding comments and letters isn’t sufficient. Maybe it’s time to recognize over-reach.
E-readers seem to slow information accession and fog retention. Should we worry as the era of “big paper” begins its final stages?
A survey of Russian researchers shows a burgeoning paid publications environment in a weak peer-review culture, with a level of cynicism about the process which makes publication less valuable. Are there lessons to be learned?
Will she? Can she? This 9-year-old teeters on the edge of her first ski jump with moving results.
An iconic film star comes to life in just a few pencil strokes, rekindling the charm and hijinks of the classic cartoon era.