How storytelling improves science
My first research presentation in college is forever etched into my memory.
Social Sciences
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Journal team adds reviewer pay to open-access model
A new open-access journal called Collabra plans to pay reviewers, and that's a twist in the world of scientific publishing. The reviewers get to exercise some options. They can keep the cash (generally a modest sum) or give ...
Marital problems remain stable, even as satisfaction declines, study finds
A new study authored by a University of Georgia psychologist shows that the severity and number of couples' overall problems stay stable over time, even as their relationship dissatisfaction grows.
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2014
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Has global interdependence made the US vulnerable?
Risk is everywhere. There's a risk, for example, that volcanic ash will damage aircraft engines. So when a volcano erupted in Iceland in April 2010, concerns about the plume of volcanic ash disrupted air travel across Europe ...
Economics & Business
Dec 2, 2014
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Study reveals how much people understand Internet
The Internet generation doesn't actually know much about how it works.
Internet
Nov 25, 2014
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Not all baseball stars treated equally in TV steroid coverage, says study of network news
Retired baseball stars Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro each had Hall of Fame-worthy numbers, each hitting more than 500 home runs.
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2014
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Greater use of social media gets science, scientists noticed, study says
Here is an idea worth following: "share" for tenure; "like" to get cited. Academic researchers are turning to social media more and more, according to Dominique Brossard, and not just to post family photos or crack wise via ...
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2014
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New sequence of naked mole rat genome facilitates cancer resistance research
Director of Science at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) Federica Di Palma co-authors new genetic study on the naked mole rat's resistance to cancer, identifying key genomic variations that may have contributed to the evolution ...
Biotechnology
Sep 3, 2014
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Chameleon: Cloud computing for computer science
Cloud computing has changed the way we work, the way we communicate online, even the way we relax at night with a movie. But even as "the cloud" starts to cross over into popular parlance, the full potential of the technology ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 26, 2014
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Enabling a new future for cloud computing
The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced two $10 million projects to create cloud computing testbeds—to be called "Chameleon" and "CloudLab"—that will enable the academic research community to develop and ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 21, 2014
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