Dolphins! The chirpy, smiley poster children of tropical vacations and rainbow stickers, always rescuing humans from drowning or depression, and so very smart – or…are they? This is the question …
Monthly Archives
October 2013
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HistoryMusicScience in Art & CultureScience on stage
TEDxAlbertopolis – Evolution of the Lindy Hop
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenTEDxAlbertopolis at the Royal Albert Hall last month was amazing and overwhelming, so I waited a few weeks until after the event to decide what my favourite talk was. There …
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Scholarly communicationScience CommunicationWriting, images, and storytelling
The science that didn’t make the news
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenAfter last week’s Article Level Metrics workshop, PLOS hosted a “data challenge” in their San Francisco offices. With datasets from PLOS, CrossRef, ImpactStory, Mendeley and Altmetrics, attendees got a few …
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Science CommunicationScience life and careers
Career development for science students
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenLast year I was invited to visit my old graduate department at the University of Toronto to speak on a panel about science careers. The panel was part of a …
