If you read the following headline this week, you might have experienced a small thrill: AAAS Forms Partnership to Expand Access to High-Quality Scientific Publishing AAAS, or the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is the organization that publishes the flagship journal Science Magazine and related titles. You might believe from that headline that you could […]
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066: Should Scientists March on Washington?
Though techniques and terminology vary from one scientific discipline to another, all scientists are bound together by a set of core principles. We call this the “scientific method,” and the approach is sacrosanct. Observe the world around you, state a hypothesis to explain what you’ve seen, devise an experiment to prove yourself wrong, and report your […]
056: Team Up for Speedier Science – #modernPhD Part 3
When we think of scientists, we often think of the lone researcher plodding away at the bench late into the night. We imagine Alexander Fleming scrutinizing his penicillium molds or Einstein pondering the latest equation he’s written on the chalk board. We go a step further when training new scientists: we ask them to complete an […]
053: Why more testing from Theranos won’t prevent cancer
It’s a compelling promise: take a few drops of blood, and tell the patient what hidden diseases are lurking in his body. If only we could have an early warning system for cancer, Alzheimer’s, or myriad other diseases, then we could treat them before they took hold. This is the narrative of Theranos, a company that […]
030: Baby carrots, prime numbers, and invisible planets
If you are a scientist, then I know a little something about your personality. Almost by definition, you are curious about the world. And I’ll bet that extends beyond your particular laboratory or field of research. If there’s something intriguing and knowable, you want to know it. Well, we are scientists too, and sometimes we […]