Science Education & Policy

Congress Pushes For Public Access To Research

Legislation introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) would require federal agencies with annual extramural research budgets of $100 million or more to provide online access to research no later than six months after p ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2010 - 6:40pm

Acknowledging The Function Of Scientific Bloggers

Researchers who blog are a rare and endangered species. As far as rarity is concerned, it is easy to understand why that is so. Scientific research is a round-the-clock occupation, not your regular nine-to-five job. If a researcher has spare time, he or sh ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Oct 25 2017 - 5:50am

Scientists In Parliament: The More The Merrier?

The UK has a General Election looming on 6 May, thereby giving newspapers enough hot air to puff up their websites. But what should their science writers talk about during such times? With the launch of Britain's Science Party, science journalists can ...

Article - Richard Mankiewicz - Apr 27 2010 - 8:22am

More On Science Outreach In Blogs

The matter has indeed been discussed ad nauseam in the recent past. Blog posts, internal discussions, conferences, workshops, other blog posts, threads. But there is always the chance to add some bit of information to the soup, or-more easily- misinformati ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - May 2 2010 - 8:22am

NSF To Require Data Sharing Among Scientists

Officials from the National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced a new policy designed to increase data sharing among researchers whose work is funded by agency. By October, 2010, NSF is planning to require that all grant proposals include a data manage ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2010 - 10:37am

Life Isn't Hell, Comps Are...

First, I have to apologize for my extended absence from both this site and my blog... I've not only been experiencing some career path type crises, but also studying for, taking, and hopefully passing comps.  Comps, or comprehensive exams or qualifyin ...

Article - Me W - May 15 2012 - 10:02pm

Future Science World Champion In The Making

Eighteen year-old James Popper, from Marlborough College, Wiltshire, has scooped major prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, in San Jose, California from 9-14 May. ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2010 - 10:14am

A Naturalist's Take On Nature Deficit Disorder

I complain every time we have a family dinner at my sister’s house. Don’t get me wrong, I like my family and everything, but she moved with her daughter and son way out to the remotest parts of central Ohio and it takes forever to get there. But certain b ...

Article - Mark Berman - May 27 2010 - 8:14pm

Academics- Nature Publishing Hates You (But Science 2.0 Can Fix That)

Let's pretend the US is in a bit of an economic crunch and, due to that, universities which up to now have had carte blanche to raise costs any time they like (average- double the rate of inflation but for quality schools, much higher), as much as the ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 11 2010 - 12:43pm

H+ Summit Livestream online!

Today kicked off the 2010 H+ Summit, "The Rise of the Citizen Scientist". You can watch the livestream here. I'll blog about it tomorrow, after I get some sleep! No one wants to read what I have to say on 6 hours sleep over the last two days ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Jun 12 2010 - 4:52pm