Science & Society

The very same Grisha Perelman- about Masha Gessen's book "Perfect Rigor"

Grisha Perelman continues to make huge headlines- several days ago he has reportedly turned down the official proposal to participate in the so-called " Russian Silicon Valley " project. The reason he has given for his refusal is that he has &qu ...

Blog Post - Evgeni Starikov - May 14 2010 - 7:34am

Salt: an endangered food group

Miguel de Cervantes said that a "man must eat a peck of salt with his friend, before he knows him." If the Institute of Medicine has its way, there are going to be a lot fewer friends out there for you, guys. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 21 2010 - 11:50pm

Pressure To Publish Creates Bias In Science Literature

Academics are being increasingly pressured to produce 'publishable' results and The quality of scientific research may be suffering as a consequence, according to a new PLoS ONE study. The analysis of papers in all disciplines shows that research ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2010 - 10:33am

How Mainstream Is Science?

I get asked a lot about Science 2.0® and why I chose to start something like ScientificBlogging.com, because science is such a niche.   Is it?  65 million people respond to surveys that they are interested in science. Since there are just over 300 million ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 15 2010 - 10:13am

Cambridge Science Festival: Day 1 Highlights

It is springtime in Boston- a time when some of the greatest young (and old) innovators in science come together for 9 days of sciency goodness, a.k.a. the Cambridge Science Festival. This short video highlights some of the activities and exhibits from the ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Apr 26 2010 - 9:52am

Avant-Garde Science: Toward Unconstrained Scientific Craziness

As I lay inside the box in the pitch blackness waiting for the show to begin, I wonder if the operator forgot to start it. Nothing is happening – no sound, no sights…nothing at all. Ah, wait, did I just hear something? Maybe, although perhaps that was jus ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Apr 26 2010 - 11:23am

Van de, Van der...?

One thing I learned from my recent trip to DESY was the proper name for a certain type of electrostatic generator[1].  Like many Brits, I had somehow got it into my head that it was called a Van der Graaf, but in fact it was invented by the American physic ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 26 2010 - 1:36pm

Science!

Introduction: (One simple rule) Science is not guys in lab coats.  Science is not beakers and test tubes, or fancy expensive equipment that requires a degree to operate.  Science isn't something funded by corporations or the government or universitie ...

Blog Post - Bakari Kafele - Jun 2 2010 - 4:00pm

The Medium Religion

At M.I.T. the philosopher, critic and essayist Boris Groys, Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies, New York University, in a talk based on his paper, "Religion in the Age of Digital Reproduction", draws freely on such pred ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - May 3 2010 - 2:23am

Announcing The Winners Of Our Writing Competition

We had some fantastic articles entered this spring into our Writing Competition open to all university grad students, and we are happy to announce the winners based on the votes entered by YOU- our online audience. Our grand prize winner was Sena Koleva wh ...

Article - Community Connect... - May 3 2010 - 4:37pm