In “A Matter Of Time: The science of rhythm and the groove“, Portland-based music educator John Lamb combines his backgrounds in music, biology, and psychology to explain the science behind …

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 …

TEDxAlbertopolis 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 …

After 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 …

Last 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 …

In the summer after I graduated high school, my chemistry teacher dropped off two heavy boxes of old chemistry books from his PhD days that he was getting rid of.One …