Should we scrap science news?

there's over a million scientific papers published every year. If that's right, there must be something in the region of 20,000 published a week. Even if physics accounts for only a small fraction of the sciences, that still means we're looking at several hundred every day...

Royal Society Response To Vince Cable's Speech On Science Funding, UK

"Science is an international enterprise where the UK is strong. Other nations, including the US, are raising their expenditure at the same time as our government plans to cut ours. This will make the UK less attractive to mobile talent. And it risks sending a signal to young people that the UK is no longer a country that aspires to scientific leadership. A cut by 'X percent' would lead to a ...

Six reasons scientists should talk to journalists

Interesting article from Edyta Zielinska in this week’s The Scientist magazine explains why scientists should foster good relations with journalists and science writers. Why scientists should make time for reporters: It’s your duty It raises your profile with journal editors and funders Your bosses will love it You may pick up grant-writing tips It gets [...]

3 iPad Apps that Reinvent News Reading

As news consumption shifts to the personalized social news stream, the platforms we use to consume the news are also changing.

A massive week for earth science

Barely a week on from last Saturday's 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Canterbury , scientists have paused to outline what they have learned about the quake from examining the previously undiscovered fault and seismographic and GPS data that has been gathered ...