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I’ve read a number of books and articles by Glyn Moody, who tends to cover technology (e.g., Linux).

I stumbled across an article by him on his blog: Open Data in the Age of Exponential Science which references a recent Nature article Science in an exponential world. (Well, the article is from March, but considering the [...]

After writing about specialization and tenure, particularly in the context of scientific history, it was interesting to read a recent interview with the head of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.

Bemet discusses the NSF’s strategic plan, future goals, and context in the overall U.S. government and society.

But here are some interesting quotes [...]

Over the holiday break, I was talking with a friend of the family about the history of science. Today, academics revolve around publication of results–and a publication record (and citation record) are important ways to measure research output of young scholars. (I’ll leave out the question of self-citation, dividing larger work into multiple small communications, [...]

I admit, I have to catch up on some blogging.

A few weeks ago, the BBC had an article called “Science ‘not for normal people’“.

Around 70% of the 11-15 year olds questioned said they did not picture scientists as “normal young and attractive men and women”.

Among those who said they would not like to be scientists, [...]

It really is a small world sometimes. Last week, I came across an article about “science songs” by Wired News. The article focused on Dr. Greg Crowther, a lecturer at the University of Washington who uses a bunch of science-related songs in his lectures.

I think it’s great that Greg includes songs in his lectures — [...]

It’s been a while… and I’m back with a quick book review. My father suggested I read The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki. Since I don’t have much time at all for “easy reading” (vs. research articles), it took me quite some time to finish.

I liked the book, although I think it falls into [...]