Scholarly Setlist: a Game for Lockdown
Passing the time during lockdown: how many bands can you think of with something relating to scholarly publishing in their name? Charlie Rapple shares a few to get you started in today’s Scholarly Kitchen.
Ask The Chefs: Picking A Superpower!
With the world in chaos around us, this month we’ve asked the Chefs about superpowers! What would YOU select if you could pick any superpower? Let us know.
Animal Sounds Around the World
Some fun Friday language explorations — why do animal make different sounds in different languages?
Friday Potion Puzzler
A puzzle to keep your brain active on a Friday…
Alien, the Stage Play
It’s Friday — take a break with this glorious high school stage production of a famous science fiction movie.
Ask The Chefs: What Travel Tips Have Worked For You?
It’s that time of the year again – when we add personal travel to our business travel. See what travel tips the Chefs have to offer and please contribute your own!
The Fine Line Between Math and Magic
How what seems like magic can be explained with a little math.
The Upside of Bitter Cold: Frozen Soap Bubbles
Something fun to do as you suffer through a colder than usual spell.
Diagramming Time Travel
Traveling through time can get confusing. Here, an analysis of the way different movies and books approach causality.
Underwater Fireworks via Bioluminescence
A look at bioluminescent creatures of the deep.
Game of Thrones, Copyeditor’s Edition
When battling dragons, proper grammar is a must.
May Flowers
A stunning time lapse movie of flowers in bloom.
Working Effectively with Consultants
Why and how do organizations hire consultants? What are some of some the of the traps and limitations to using RFPs? What are some alternatives? Based on a panel discussion at this year’s AAUP meeting, this post explores these and other topics related how to work effectively with consultants.
1,500 Water Balloons on a Trampoline
Springtime finally arrives, so why not celebrate with some slow motion footage of water balloons on a trampoline?
Whip it Good: The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
A sample from Nova’s web series about the things scientists get up to when they’re not in the lab.