Off for Labor Day: Don’t Let This Fading Summer Pass You By
We are off for the Labor Day Holiday weekend. Here, some avian advice on the waning season.
The Size of Things: Historical Overlaps
What else was happening during well known historical events? Where did the fax machine and the Oregon Trail overlap? What about Woolly Mammoths and the Great Pyramids?
The Size of Things: How Big is the Milky Way?
Ah the joy of a good scale bar. Here we find out how big the earth would be if the Milky Way was the size of the US.
The Great Libraries of China
An architectural tour of the great libraries of China turns up a spectacular place to read a book on the beach.
A Library of Air
A visit to another of the world’s fascinating archives, this time to Australia’s Library of Air.
Friday Physics: You Spin Me Right Round, Baby Right Round
Why doesn’t a ball fly off of a spinning turntable?
The Smithsonian Barbie Letter and the Samizdat of Science Humor
An amusing, if apocryphal, response from the Smithsonian offers a glimpse at the sorts of pre-internet humor scientists would share through their networks.
Important Capybara Update
The latest developments in Capybara science.
Standards for Road Signs and Why Signs in the US Are So Different from the Rest of the World
Why do US road signs look different from those seen in the rest of the world?
The 2022 Small (Microscopic) World in Motion
This year’s crop of Nikon Small World imaging award winners continues to highlight the amazing progress made in the world of microscopy.
Post-publication Peer Review via the Ig Nobel Prizes
It’s that time of year again, the 2022 Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced.
Professor, can you take us through your theory in layman’s terms? … No.
Armstrong & Miller on the challenges of getting academics to communicate work in simple terms. Or perhaps the challenges of people expecting you to be able to communicate something complicated in simple terms.
Peer Review Week — the Podcast and the Videos!
We’re delighted to end this year’s Peer Review Week celebrations by sharing some great community resources that you can use all year round!
#RecognizeReview
Learn how and why different organizations are recognizing the work of their reviewers in this video to celebrate the theme of Peer Review Week 2016 — #RecognizeReview.
The Discrete Charm of Geometry – A Review
Amidst the politics of open access, the financial pressure on research libraries, and the sense that ubiquity trumps quality, it is worth remembering that nothing can squash the fervor of academic endeavor. Video is increasingly deployed in the publishing of academic research. Robert Harington explores the importance of using different types of media to provide insight into cultural and historical aspects of a field through a review of a new movie by Ekaterina Eremenko – The Discrete Charm of Geometry.