Wikipedia Moves to Bookshelves
Bertelsmann AG announced plans to release a single-volume, printed and bound version of the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, in September. And it's already out of date.
View ArticleMerck and Elsevier Create "Peer-Reviewed" Advertorial
It seems as though pharmaceutical giant Merck (best known for the deadly painkiller Vioxx), has teamed up with science publishing titan Elsevier (who, not long ago, got…
View ArticleEntertainment Weekly to Embed Video Ad in Print Magazine
Last year Esquire rolled out an e-ink cover to celebrate the mag's 75 anniversary and introduced moving pictures (well, scrolling text and flashing images, at least) to the world of print. Next up:...
View ArticleNew Research Could Identify Nature’s Most Dangerous Viruses--If It’s Public
Last year, Nature and Science prepared to publish research describing how to mutate H5N1, a deadly bird flu, into more-contagious forms. The papers could help scientists create a treatment should a...
View ArticleMost Retracted Scientific Papers Are Pulled Due To Fraud
,"migrated":true}]]It feels like not a week goes by without a scientific paper getting retracted. The article authors issue apologetic statements of "mistaken" data or…
View ArticleScientist Posts Paywalled Curiosity Papers For Free
,"migrated":true}]]Liked reading about all the science published yesterday from NASA's Curiosity mission? We made sure to include links to all of the original papers, so you could learn more.Maybe,...
View ArticlePubMed Debuts A Commenting System For All Its Papers
,"migrated":true}]]So, about comments. PubMed, America's federally maintained database of scientific papers, is piloting a system that will allow scientists to leave online…
View ArticleStanford University To Open A Center For Studying Bad Science
,"migrated":true}]]Among Stanford University's palm trees and sandstone arches—the picture of ivory-tower—there's going to be a center dedicated to chipping away that ivory, …
View ArticleScientific Journal Publishes Papers Of 200 Words Or Less
[0][value]":"Papers! Papers for Everyone!","field_title[und][0][format]":"markdown"},"view_mode":"default"}]]In brief, indeed. A scientific journal launched this month…
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Wikipedia Moves to Bookshelves
The online community-generated encyclopedia will be testing out a print version in Germany Bertelsmann AG announced plans to release a single-volume, printed and bound version of the online...
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Merck and Elsevier Create "Peer-Reviewed" Advertorial
Science Time to cancel that subscription to the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine It seems as though pharmaceutical giant Merck (best known for the deadly painkiller Vioxx), has teamed...
View ArticleEntertainment Weekly to Embed Video Ad in Print Magazine
Last year Esquire rolled out an e-ink cover to celebrate the mag's 75 anniversary and introduced moving pictures (well, scrolling text and flashing images, at least) to the… Last year Esquire rolled...
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New Research Could Identify Nature’s Most Dangerous Viruses--If It’s Public
Science Last year, Nature and Science prepared to publish research describing how to mutate H5N1, a deadly bird flu, into more-contagious forms. The papers could help scientists… Last year, Nature and...
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Most Retracted Scientific Papers Are Pulled Due To Fraud
Science A recent study finds that only 21 percent of all retracted papers were due to legitimate error rather than scientific misconduct. It feels like not a week goes by without a scientific paper...
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Scientist Posts Paywalled Curiosity Papers For Free
Technology Five of the six Curiosity papers published yesterday required a subscription to read, but one scientist thought that because they were NASA-funded, they should be free. So he posted them on...
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PubMed Debuts A Commenting System For All Its Papers
Science The ultimate way to comment on science So, about comments. PubMed, America's federally maintained database of scientific papers, is piloting a system that will allow scientists to leave online...
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Stanford University To Open A Center For Studying Bad Science
Science So meta Among Stanford University's palm trees and sandstone arches—the picture of ivory-tower—there's going to be a center dedicated to chipping away that ivory, The Economist…
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Scientific Journal Publishes Papers Of 200 Words Or Less
Science We describe it briefly here In brief, indeed. A scientific journal launched this month publishes "papers" that are 200 words or less. (Most of the papers are more like hypotheses or study...
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How to publish your own ebook
DIY Your literary empire starts here. Thanks to the wonders of the web, you can gift your literary masterpiece to the world. No matter what genre you prefer, here's how to publish your own ebooks.
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