In all the excitement, you might have missed another paradigm being overthrown. Faculty Member (and Open Access advocate) Etienne Joly of the CNRS writes about the myth of paternity. It’s generally believed that a considerable proportion of children are not the biological offspring of their legal fathers. Estimates range from 10% in the UK to…
One of our most popular stories last week revealed that some scientists applying for foundation funding are getting caught up in legal snags that are delaying — or perhaps even preventing them from accepting — the award. We profiled William Ja, a Scripps molecular biologist who received an award from the Found Animals Foundation to…
Apparently, the two self-proclaimed ‘top’ scientific journals, Nature and Science, have ended their hundreds of years-old feud and teamed up to launch a new journal, to be called either Scientific Nature or Natural Science, depending on the result of a text-message vote by the scientific community. Sounds good? Well, not really. We’re a bit upset…
Apparently, the two self-proclaimed ‘top’ scientific journals, Nature and Science, have ended their hundreds of years-old feud and teamed up to launch a new journal, to be called either Scientific Nature or Natural Science, depending on the result of a text-message vote by the scientific community. Sounds good? Well, not really. We’re a bit upset…
As anyone who has worked in a lab will tell you, labcoats are a complete pain in the Gilson until the day they save your Armani suit from being dosed with TEMED, E. coli or radioactivity (and in extreme cases, all three). Invariably made from cheap polycotton with fasteners that don’t and sleeves that dangle…
A few weeks ago I went to the Faraday Prize Lecture at the Royal Society. The lecture, The secret mathematicians, was given by the Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science Marcus du Sautoy. Du Sautoy talked about five artists, how they were inspired by mathematics, and how their art tells us things…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 January 2010 Sarah Greene to head up The Scientist Sarah Greene, publishing and new media entrepreneur, is to become Editor-in-Chief of The Scientist magazine. Sarah brings 25 years’ experience and strong editorial, business and leadership skills to this high profile appointment, and an unparalleled depth of specialist knowledge in biology and…
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