Laboratory Equipment has sad news for those of us who like straight, simple, elegant communication. It appears that scientific articles with abstracts packed with (unnecessary and obfuscatory)… Read the rest “Short, simple abstracts… aren’t cited as much as those with abstracts tending to maximize the high-verbosity quotient.”
That, according to Nature, is the call issued by ecologist Stephen Heard, who wants researchers to keep their prose whimsical, funny, elegant and moving:
… Read the rest “Make science beautiful, researchers.”In a guest post on the Tree of Life
This is from Salon, so not exactly science reportage here, but still:
… Read the rest “Post-Script: The House just passed a bill barring scientists from advising the EPA on their own research.”In what might be the most ridiculous aspect of the whole thing, the bill forbids scientific experts from participating
Scientific American (via Nature) has more about Rush Holt’s eight-term Congressional career, and his new gig as CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)… Read the rest ““There are some real frustrations.” – Rocket scientist & Representative Rush Holt, on how science works in Congress.”
Nature breaks the news to behaviorists – and this is more important than it might seem – that fish don’t really think mirrors are uninvited strangers:
… Read the rest “Fish researchers: “Our mirrors have become USELESS!””“There’s
Washington Post reveals a secret scientific conspiracy to sneak as many Bob Dylan lyrics into publications as possible:
… Read the rest “Is a hard rain gonna fall… on scientists who’re slipping Dylan lyrics into their articles?”While writing an article about intestinal gasses 17 years ago,
An illustration illustrating illustration. This is how standardized maps are made. These are the standards.
From The preparation of illustrations for reports of the… Read the rest “Science Art: Water Features and Relief Features, from The preparation of illustrations for reports of the United States Geological survey, with brief descriptions of processes of reproduction, 1920”
The Guardian polls scientists to get their favorite (and corniest) science jokes:
… Read the rest “A positron and an electron walk into a bar…”? A weed scientist goes into a shop. He asks: “Hey, you got any of that inhibitor of 3-phosphoshikimate-carboxyvinyl
You might have seen on BBC and elsewhere that India launched a rocket to Mars. But have you seen the Quartz article on just how inexpensively they managed to do it?:
… Read the rest “India’s super-efficient Mars mission.”Christened Mangalyaan,
PhysOrg is sending out the call, as the Pentagon prepares to team up with brain-tech DIYers:
… Read the rest “Brain-tech DIYers! Grinders! Wire-heads! Uncle Sam wants YOU!”[…A]t the Maker Faire in New York, a new low-cost EEG recording front end was debuted at
FT.com introduces us to the genteel, cultured Fabiola Gianotti – accomplished pianist, paleontologist’s daughter, coffee enthusiast, trained classicist… and… Read the rest “Meet the woman who found “the God particle”.”
Slate has printed his controversial plan to live up to the promise of gene science without the industrial agriculture downside:
… Read the rest “Frederick Kaufman wants to open-source genetically modified crops. And maybe save the planet.”The GMO story has become mired in the eco-wrecking narrative
Nature bemoans the fact that America’s technological prowess is on the wane – and it’s getting really obvious that our science fleet has seen better days:
… Read the rest “A scientific mission to seek out new life and maybe some more duct tape. And baling wire.”“The community
Scientific American looks forward to an experimental party. We’re going to watch what happens when you put 30 young chemists in a room with some of the world’s brightest scientists… Read the rest “SciAm’s 30 under 30 – and a pack of Nobel laureates they can mingle with.”
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