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Guest Post, Fred Dylla — Three Years after the OSTP Public Access Directive: A Progress Report

On the three year anniversary of the OSTP Public Access memo, AIP’s Fred Dylla takes a look at the significant progress made.

  • By Scholarly Kitchen
  • Mar 8, 2016
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Exaggerated Claims — Has "Publish or Perish" Become "Publicize or Perish"?

A recent study finds that academic press offices exaggerate claims in their press releases about published research. Worse, the vast majority of these find their way into subsequent reporting.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 15, 2014
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Three Years of the Sun in Three Minutes — No Sunscreen Required

A stable satellite monitoring the sun reveals three years of images, a comet, a transit of Venus, two partial eclipses, and more as the sun approaches its solar maximum.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 26, 2013
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Why the Moon Landing Could Not Have Been a Hoax — It Wasn't Technologically Possible to Fake It

A great analysis of why it was technologically impossible to fake the 1969 moon landing.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 25, 2013
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Curiosity About the Breathtaking "Mars Curiosity Descent" Video?

An impressive video of the Mars Curiosity Rover’s landing — from the Rover’s perspective — has been circulating. Now, a “how it was made” video reveals some of what it took to make it.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 21, 2012
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My Argument for Public Access to Research Reports

As the deadline for responses to the OSTP RFI approaches, perhaps we should reflect on how the government can make its own research reports available in a more complete, direct, and affordable manner.

  • By David Wojick
  • Jan 6, 2012
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NASA's Vital But Forgotten Role: Stimulating the Pursuit of Frontiers

NASA makes us look up and inspires young children to pursue science, all for 1/2 a cent on the tax dollar. Why are we letting it slip into oblivion?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 22, 2011
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Journal of Cosmology and Alien Life — Reputation Precedes Refutation, But Are Brands Enough?

Alien life? Or just the will to publish, and some accomplices? While those in the field know the pecking order, those outside still get fooled.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 9, 2011
  • 12 Comments

“Mr. Galileo Was Correct”

A classic science clip from the moon, proving that Mr. Galileo was, indeed, correct.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 9, 2009
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