Daily Archives: 18 January 2012

Help, Industry save the UK science funding [2]

Posted on 18 January 2012 by Sylvia McLain

(oh and yes I still blog) I was going to write about Willetts and his speech – but really I missed the boat. I was going to write about a paper I published a few years back to let folk … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Society, David Willetts, RCUK, Science Funding, scipolicy, Start Up Britain | Comments Off on Help, Industry save the UK science funding [2]

More on Willetts’ Speech

Posted on 18 January 2012 by Stephen

In the days following Willetts’ big science policy speech, there had been a piece in Nature by Daniel Sarewitz and letters from disgruntled physical scientists to the EPSRC that in different ways highlighted the role of scientists in directing research funding. I was … Continue reading →

Comments Off on More on Willetts’ Speech

Err … ology

Posted on 18 January 2012 by Frank Norman

Publication bias is the tendency to report positive results differently from negative or inconclusive results, resulting in a bias in the overall literature (see Wikipedia article and this tutorial at the Cochrane Collaboration). Afficionados of evidence-based practice and meta-analysers of research worry … Continue reading →

Posted in Journal publishing | Comments Off on Err … ology

Planetary

Posted on 18 January 2012 by Richard Wintle

It’s amazing what you can learn sometimes. Junior #2, now in grade four, is mired in the dreaded “gears and pulleys” science unit. Dreaded, I say, because I’m still scarred from Junior #1′s project, now two years past. In that … Continue reading →

Posted in bafflement, education, gears, pencil sharpener, planetary gear, project, School | Comments Off on Planetary

Adolescent games, now and then [2]

Posted on 18 January 2012 by Steve Caplan

Although I am on target in dealing with my pressure at work, I did want to post a short and silly/funny blog. I can’t help admiring how adolescents today have such a wide variety of electronic gadgets at their disposal–especially … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, side effects, Silliness, sticky paper, video | Comments Off on Adolescent games, now and then [2]