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...
View ArticleNeti 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...
View ArticleGovernment 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,...
View ArticleHow to feel like a non-expert? Get your taxes done.
At first, tax preparation would seem to have nothing to add to skepticism, but bear with me. Anyone who knows me well knows the issue that gets me going, and I don’t get up on my editorial soap-box...
View ArticleA new online resource for science… well, actually Nature
The Nature Publishing Group has a new online initiative called SCITABLE. Trying not to hold the name against them, I checked out the bells and whistles of the site. Their mission is that: SCITABLE...
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