A short article in last week’s Science investigates the accuracy of scientific facts in blogs. Well, actually they only investigated one fact: extinction rates. They report that scientific consensus has …
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LabLit
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenAll prejudices about scientists and their terrible writing skills turned out to be untrue upon a visit to LabLit.com! I am simultaneously jealous at and in love with all the …
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The Popularity of Open Access Journals and the Media
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenHundreds of scientific articles are published every week. Most of them are so specific that only someone working in the same field can understand them. Breakthrough articles that are expected …
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A grade 7 class was asked to draw pictures of what they thought scientists looked like. Then they visited the Fermilab, and drew the scientists they met. The results are …
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MicroAngela’s Electron Microscope Image Gallery
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenMicroAngela’s Electron Microscope Image Gallery has some pretty pictures of insects, cells, and parasites. Red blood cells Cigar beetle Save Save
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In 1994, a group of students at Albright College suddenly realized that Kevin Bacon made a lot of movies, with a lot of different co-actors. They could connect any actor …
