I would like to inform you about a website I recently created for scientists to share scientific images: http://www.myartinscience.com MyArtinScience is a site that is designed to accomplish three…

It didn't disappear because it never existed in the first place. If true, and I believe it is, then the hoped for recovery cannot occur because there is nothing to recover! On that somewhat…

Okay, now I'm really upset. I've been watching the news, and hearing all about the financial crisis hitting our country, and spreading throughout the world. AIG begs for a handout, and then goes on a…

Timo Hannay recently gave a talk "Scientific Researchers and Web 2.0: Social Not Working?", which is reproduced in this Nascent blog post. This is a sobering review of the state of social software in…

And the controversy has started already. Two French scientists, Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi are being awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering H.I.V. An American scientist, Robert…

Old has its own rewards but how about the new? Specifically, 4.2 million new green jobs were predicted by the U.S. Congress of Mayors in their new report.(1) There are now, as I write, about 3,530,…

You've heard the same cliche time and again: candidates will need to 'reach beyond' their respective political bases to appeal to a larger-than-usual body of independent voters. In actuality, there…

The U.S. House of Representative’s rejection of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, was a prudent decision, say two University of Arkansas researchers…

Economic globalization and liberalization have been blamed for numerous social ills over the last two decades, including a sharp rise in interethnic violence in countries all over the world. Not so,…

Applications for Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships In Science And Religion are now open. The fellowship enables ten print, broadcast or online journalists to pursue an intensive two-month…