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[Open] Science Sunday – 19-5-13
2012 was a really interesting year for Open Research. The year started with a boycott to Elsevier (The Cost of Knowledge) , soon followed in May by a petition at We The People in the US, asking the...
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Internet birdfest
A few days ago I got an email from a colleague of mine pointing me to a video about birds of paradise. I am happy I went and looked at it because it is quite amazing. There is no question why this...
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[Open Science Sunday] Lincoln University’s Open Access Policy is out
New Zealand has its first Open Access Policy thanks to Lincoln University. We have been lagging behind in the OA landscape when it comes to tertiary institutions, and Lincoln’s position is a great...
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Brain Hype
“Successful human-to-human brain interface” screamed the headlines – and so there I was clicking my way around the internet to read about it. Those who know me also know that this is the kind of stuff...
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Failure to replicate, spoiled milk and unspilled beans
Try entering “failure to replicate” in a google search (or better still, let me do that for you) and you will find no shortage of hits. You can even find a reproducibility initiative. Nature has a...
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ASAP Awards Finalists announced
(Cross-posted from Mind the Brain) Earlier this year, nominations opened for the Accelerating Science Awards Program (ASAP). Backed by major sponsors like Google, PLOS and the Wellcome Trust, and a...
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Predatoromics of science communication
CC-BY mjtmail (tiggy) on Flickr The week ends with a series of articles in Science that make you roll your eyes. These articles explore different aspects of the landscape of science communication...
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Science gone bad
or the day after the sting I got the embargoed copy of Science Magazine article on peer review in Open Access earlier this week, which gave me a chance to read it with tranquility. I have to say I...
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Open Access Week 2014
What do brain machine interfaces and Open Science have in common? They are two examples of concepts that I never thought I would get to see materialised in my lifetime. I was wrong. Kiwi Open Access...
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Open Access publishing shouldn’t be this hard
We put a man on the moon about half a century ago yet we still haven’t solved the problem of access to the scientific literature. “moonstruck” CC-BY Adnan Islam on Flickr I was invited to speak at the...
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