Monthly Archives: March 2011

Online women in science

Posted on 22 March 2011 by rpg

Back in January I was in North Carolina to participate in the Borafest—that is, Science Online 2011. The main reason for going was a little project cooked up with Jenny Rohn and Karen James. To wit: we wanted to film … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia is quite engaging

Posted on 22 March 2011 by Frank Norman

Wikipedia and its role in science keeps cropping up on my radar recently. Matt Jukes pointed out last week, in a talk to a group of Science Communications people, that a decent article in Wikipedia about a science topic would … Continue reading →

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Moon Boon

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Stephen

It cannot have escaped your attention this past weekend that the Earth was treated to a supermoon. The correct terminology for this felicitous event is a perigee syzygy, but the reasons for the interesting nomenclature need not detain us. The … Continue reading →

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Crashing through the block

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve had a bad case of blogger’s block lately, brought on by a double whammy of: 1) the worst cold I’ve had in years (which is also my third cold in 2011, ugh), and 2) News Paralysis – the state … Continue reading →

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Justice and spring birds

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Steve Caplan

A few short weeks ago I posted a blog entitled “I’d rather be blasting homeopathy“, and provided two letters that I had written. One was addressed to my local Nebraska congressman, and asked that he be considerate of science and … Continue reading →

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Walter Morley Fletcher

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Frank Norman

The lecture hall in my Institute dates back to the 1930s. It has a simple design with excellent acoustics, typical of its era. It is called the Fletcher Memorial Hall, which begs the question – who he? Just outside the … Continue reading →

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Peer review inquiry – written evidence

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Frank Norman

I wrote a couple of months back about the background to the Science & Technology Select Committee’s inquiry into peer review. The Select Committee has published all the written evidence submitted to its inquiry. The publication of written evidence provides … Continue reading →

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Bragging Rights Central: new archive post

Posted on 18 March 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Keep ‘em coming, folks! VWXYNot? Comment(s) of the Week: Mar 04 2011: Mike for “Mrs F.

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Taking Flight (Pseudonymous or Not)

Posted on 18 March 2011 by Athene Donald

I have finally caught up with the debate at ScienceOnline2011 on ‘The Perils of Blogging as a Woman under a Real Name’ through watching the video of the session, recently put online. This was the debate that kick-started a lot … Continue reading →

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In which we rev up again

Posted on 18 March 2011 by Jennifer Rohn

It’s been a long, cold winter. Science Is Vital has been in hibernation, but now we’re back. After half a year since the government’s Autumn Spending Review, the implications of the science budget’s cash freeze are starting to kick in. … Continue reading →

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