Science & Society

Vote For Scientific Blogging At 3 Quarks Daily For The 2010 3QD Prize In Science

3 Quarks Daily is a 'filter blog' that compiles stuff from around the web on a daily basis, in science, design, literature, current affairs, art, and anything else they deem inherently fascinating. They say the name derives from that moment in 1 ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 2 2010 - 3:46pm

Moncktonian Climatology

Moncktonian Climatology Christopher Monckton presents himself as an expert on climate. Since he is an expert on climate, it follows that we should all trust and believe him when he says that there is no problem with the Arctic sea ice. "Arctic ice ex ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 3 2010 - 9:39am

Democracy is not a way to resolve technical questions

In the latest issue of Science, one of the outstanding contemporary philosophers of science, Philip Kitcher, in a review of books on global warming, offers this excellent bit of wisdom on science and democracy: ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jun 3 2010 - 2:54pm

Science 2.0- Darwinian Selection Of The Best Paper

Science 2.0 is Openness and transparency.  Those buzz words mean open* access to both reading and publishing and sharing ones opinion on what is published.  Transparency means a process where any editorial decisions that are made are based on known written ...

Article - Hontas Farmer - Jun 5 2010 - 8:39pm

The Science Of Fiction

The Science Of Fiction Tip of the hat to Eric Diaz for reminding me of the muse. Long before writing was invented, amazing stories were told through the medium of the ballad and the saga.  Those old tall tales and modern science fiction often have a few c ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 4 2010 - 3:01pm

The Idea-Monger: No Genius Required

You are an idea-monger. Science, art, technology – it doesn’t matter which. What matters is that you’re all about the idea. You live for it. You’re the one who wakes your spouse at 3 AM to describe your new inspiration. You’re the person who suddenly veer ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Jun 7 2010 - 6:50am

Another win for citizen science

If you haven't heard- and you will, because I will keep talking about it- citizen science is getting its own summit this weekend, when H+ sponsors " Rise of the Citizen-Scientist "(1)... but that is not all that's been going on.   Citiz ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 7 2010 - 8:07am

Wikipedia's Science 2.0 Article- I Call Poe

Wikipedia's Science 2.0 Article- I Call Poe This article was inspired by Hontas Farmer 's recent article and the subsequent comments: Science 2.0- Darwinian Selection Of The Best Paper. ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 8 2010 - 8:03am

What to expect at the H+ Summit

The last couple of months of organizing the H+ Summit at Harvard University, together with Alex Lightman, Kevin Jain, and all the other collaborators of the conference team, have been very intense. Now that we only have a few days before the event, the smo ...

Blog Post - David Orban - Jun 8 2010 - 7:37am

Citizen Science Isn't Enough Science For Citizens

Via GenomeWeb's Daily Scan, some comments on the prospects for citizen science in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Only one of the three appears to be an actual research scientist, but they make good points about the role of citizen science in resea ...

Article - Michael White - Jun 8 2010 - 3:40pm