Government discusses how to improve access to publicly funded research

The Office of Science & Technology Policy is a board that advises the President on the “effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs” (is that broad or what?). Last week, they launched a blog forum to solicit public input on the issue of access to publically-funded research. This is all part of [...]

Neti pot or nutty pot?

I have a sinus infection.

And I have been thinking a lot about three conversations I have had recently about neti pots. One of them was with someone wholly un-skeptical, who assured me that he has fewer sinus infections since he started using the neti pot. I asked how he knew he was having fewer sinus [...]

Peer-review for the younger generation

A Correspondence in the most recent issue of the journal Nature called attention to an endeavor designed to allow grade-school students to participate in the scientific peer-review process. The journal Young Scientists, “a free online journal for scientists aged 12-20,” was launched in 2006 as a collaborative project among students and teachers at a historical [...]

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