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Monthly Archives: August 2012
RCUK: Benefits of Engagement for Researchers
RCUKBenefitsofPE.pdf application/pdf Object. * Skills development * Career enhancement * Enhancing your research quality and its impact * New research perspectives * Higher personal and institutional profile * Influence and networking opportunities * Forming new collaborations and partnerships * Enjoyment … Continue reading
Times Higher Education – Research Intelligence – Alt-metrics: fairer, faster impact data?
“The idea that Twitter will substitute for reading a paper is just ludicrous beyond words. Can you imagine the buzz around Peter Higgs’ 1964 papers, or any other serious bit of basic research? If [alt-metrics] were taken seriously for selection … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, STEM Policy
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We love to call new technologies “creepy.” – Slate Magazine
Evan Selinger with another article in Slate: Facial recognition software, targeted advertising: We love to call new technologies “creepy.” – Slate Magazine. The warning: don’t let “creepy” become crutch for not thinking things through. In other words, think before you … Continue reading
Sometimes science must give way to religion : Nature News & Comment
CSID Senior Fellow Dan Sarewitz has another piece out in Nature that’s sure to cause a stir: Sometimes science must give way to religion : Nature News & Comment. Here’s The New York Times: “The Higgs boson is the only … Continue reading
Coming Next – Doctors Prescribing Apps to Patients – NYTimes.com
Simple apps that track users’ personal fitness goals have already gained wide traction. Now medical professionals and entrepreneurs want to use similar approaches to dealing with chronic ailments like diabetes or heart disease. via Coming Next – Doctors Prescribing Apps … Continue reading
How generous is the UK science budget, really? guardian.co.uk
Whatever you think about spending on sport, in times of austerity or otherwise, there is no denying that the strategy paid off – at least, if your yardstick for success is Olympic medals. The message couldn’t be more clear: if … Continue reading
Posted in Basic News, Broader Impacts, Economics & STEM Research, Globalization, Metrics, Philosophy & Politics, Public Philosophizing, Science and technology ramifications, TechnoScience & Technoscientism
Tagged broader impacts, climate science, global science research, globalizing science, monetary returns, national science research, olympic medals, science budget, technoscientific competition, worldwide recession
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The Veil of Ignorance: How Americans view wealth & inequality – BBC News
When you taste wine and you know the label and you know the price, you are going to be influenced by that. And when you are tasting wine in a blind way, now you don’t have anything to base it … Continue reading
Carl Elliott – How to be an Academic Failure: A Guide for Beginners
How to be an academic failure? Let me count the ways. You can become a disgruntled graduate student. You can become a burned-out administrator, perhaps an associate dean. You can become an aging, solitary hermit, isolated in your own department, … Continue reading
Toward A More Inclusive Backchannel: An Unusual Call To Action » Cyborgology
As the 2012 meeting of the American Sociological Association (#ASA2012) kicks into gear, I want to use this post to start a conversation about a somewhat-contentious topic: academics’ use of Twitter, particularly at conferences. via Toward A More Inclusive Backchannel: … Continue reading
Measuring Value: Societal Benefits of Research – WorldWise – The Chronicle of Higher Education
On the idea of measuring societal impacts of research, Ellen Hazelkorn suggests: As with any other change process, it is better to be in the tent helping to shape it, than outside looking it. Measuring Value: Societal Benefits of Research … Continue reading
BBC News – Living Pigments
Professor Pettigrew and his colleagues studied 80 of these Bradshaw rock artworks – named for the 19th-Century naturalist who first identified them – in 16 locations within Western Australia’s Kimberley region. They concentrated on two of the oldest known styles … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, biology, discovery, geology, living pigments
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Bernanke to Economists: More Philosophy, Please – Businessweek
Less economics and more philosophy… On Monday, Ben Bernanke wasn’t talking like a scientist. He was talking like a philosopher. “The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being,” he said. To a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernanke, economics, Federal Reserve, GDP, happiness, humanities, Philosophy, science, technoscientific economic progress, well-being
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The science of the future is… art?
Philosopher Santiago Zabala has a piece out today in Al Jazeera about the saving power of art. Globalization, he claims, has wrought an era where the aesthetic calling is not l’art pour l’art – art for art’s sake, or what … Continue reading
AAAS – Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research and Education: A Practical Guide
AAAS has just released a report. Haven’t read it, yet! AAAS – The World’s Largest General Scientific Society.
Whither Science Publishing? | The Scientist
Well worth reading. Whither Science Publishing? | The Scientist.
Posted in Accountability, Open Access, Peer Review
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Science funding: Duel to the death : Nature News & Comment
@ananyo with a very nice discussion of the ‘impact agenda’ and recent changes at EPSRC. Science funding: Duel to the death : Nature News & Comment.
George Orwell: What is Science?
An attitude or something that happens in a lab? George Orwell: What is Science?.