Scientist, opine thyself!
The issue Scientists as advocates. Should Scientists step outside of their archetypal roles as dispassionate investigators of the physical world, taking time away from asking questions of how thing...
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Textual analysis of science-related TED Talks
Doing a TED talk has become an important criterion on an academic’s career checklist in recent years. But critics, such as Benjamin Bratton, have recently condemned TED for oversimplifying talks, a...
Read It Review ItBeing Female in Science
Article by Paige Brown Jarreau, with special thanks to Dr. Samuel Caddick for editing and re-writing this piece into existence. Today is International Women's Day. There isn't a more fitting day to...
Read It Review ItBringing Science Into the Information Age: Social Network Incentive Systems via Cryptocurrency
When I entered graduate school, I was excited to actually start working on a project that I felt was not only meaningful but also aligned with my long-term career interests. However, as I've gotte...
Read It Review ItAcademic clickbait: articles with positively-framed titles, interesting phrasing, and no wordplay get more attention online.
This article is about whether the factors which drive online sharing of non-scholarly content also apply to academic journal titles. It uses Altmetric scores as a measure of online attention to art...
Read It Review ItTaking your Science to ‘the Public’: Meaningful Engagement with a General Audience
With increasing emphasis on converting funding into high-‘impact’ research, dissemination of cutting-edge scientific results to a general audience is becoming ever more important. Yet, public engag...
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