Can scientific data be art?

Can scientific data be art?

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…
Where Did the 8,000,000,000,000 USD Go?

Where Did the 8,000,000,000,000 USD Go?

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…
Defining Success in Web 2.0 Science

Defining Success in Web 2.0 Science

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…
The Nobel Prize in an Age of Collaboration

The Nobel Prize in an Age of Collaboration

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 to New Green Jobs (4.2 Million)

Old to New Green Jobs (4.2 Million)

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,…