The Destruction of Conscience in the National Academy of Sciences by DAVID H. PRICE Last Friday, esteemed University of Chicago anthropologist Marshall Sahlins formally resigned from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the United States’ most prestigious scientific society. Sahlins states that he resigned because of his “objections to the election of [Napoleon] Chagnon, and to the military research projects of the Academy.” Sahlins was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1991. “By the evidence of his own writings as well as the testimony of others, including Amazonian peoples and professional scholars of the region, Chagnon has done serious harm to the indigenous communities among whom he did research. Napoleon Chagnon rose to fame after his fieldwork among the Yanomami (also known as Yanomamo) in the rainforests of northeastern South America’s Orinoco Basin in the 1960s and 70s. The truth is that outside of the distortion field of the New York Times and a few other media vortexes, there is no “science war” raging in anthropology.
The obscene profits of commercial scholarly publishers January 13, 2012 In an article that many of you will now have seen, Heather Morrison demonstrated the enormous profits of STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical) scholarly publishers. The figures are taken from her in-progress dissertation which in turn cites an article in The Economist. It all checks out. I emphasise this because I found the figures so hard to believe. Elsevier: £724m on revenue of £2b — 36%Springer‘s Science+Business Media: £294m on revenue of £866m — 33.9%John Wiley & Sons: $106m on revenue of $253m — 42%Academic division of Informa plc: £47m on revenue of £145m — 32.4% So it’s evident that profits on the order of 35% are pretty typical for commercial STM publishers, and that Elsevier’s figures are not an aberration. I wanted to be sure that I was assessing this fairly, so I looked through Elsevier’s annual reports for the last nine years — happily, they make them available, if not particularly easy to find. Yes, publishers have a right to make a living. Like this:
Démosphère : agenda alternatif de la région parisienne Social Media for Science Outreach – A Case Study: AntarcticGlaciers.org | SpotOn To tie in with this month’s SoNYC birthday celebrations, we are hosting a collection of case studies that discuss how social media can be used for science outreach. Examples, published in themed days, will include multimedia projects, blogging on behalf of an organisation, using Twitter to communicate and more. Follow online using the #reachingoutsci hashtag, and get in touch if you would like to contribute to the series. You can see all of the case studies here. Dr Bethan Davies is currently a post-doctoral research associate at the Centre for Glaciology, Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK. Bethan did a degree in Geography at Nottingham University (2004), before an MSc in Quaternary Science at Royal Holloway, University of London (2005). Tell us a bit about you and your social media project Why did you decide to start this project? How did you get started and did you encounter any problems? What were the outcomes of your project? Did you unexpectedly achieve other things as well?
Deux rencontres prometteuses Publié le 25 janvier 2013 Un édito signé Claude Alphandéry, Président du Labo de l'ESS. Chers amis, Comme vous le savez déjà, le Labo de l’ESS ESS Économie sociale et solidaire | Présentation, en partenariat avec l’institut de recherche de la Caisse des Dépôts, organise en ce début d’année un séminaire de travail interne qui constitue un pas important pour la reconnaissance de la place de l’économie sociale et solidaire (ESS). Une quinzaine d’économistes dont les travaux pourtant très marquants portent rarement jusqu’ici sur l’ESS, ont été interviewés par Philippe Frémeaux. Vous avez été aussi informés de la réunion publique sur "les outils des finances solidaires" qui se tient le 7 février prochain à l’auditorium de la Macif. Ces deux rencontres, les premières d’une série d’évènements que le Labo organise cette année, feront l’objet de compte-rendus et d’échanges sur le site, auxquels vous prendrez certainement une large part. Claude Alphandéry,Président du Labo de l’ESS
Open Stories for Open Research by Mark Hahnel Last week I attended the Linked Open Data for Libraries and Museums (LODLAM) summit in Montreal. There audience was mainly academic and members from the ‘Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums’ (GLAM) community. I don’t want to write about the benefits of linked open data, enough has been written on that already. Increased citation rate - doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000308Formation of new collaborations.Improved impact of research. However, as can be seen by the lack of references above, lots of this is anecdotal. But I cannot help but wonder if there is a way to speed up this process? There are some interesting examples of projects looking to educate in this space. The measure of successful and interesting research has always been the amount of reuse. Another observation I have noticed at conferences such as LODLAM, is that both the humanities and the natural sciences have similar needs when it comes to research data management.
UP with Chris Hayes now playing Dissecting the notion of ‘Deporter-in-Chief’up next Can damage with Latino community be repaired? Will GOPers pivot away from anti-ACA message? Can ACA change voters’ minds in red states? Headlines making the news ‘This was torture by anybody’s definition’ Can public opinion on torture change? Relationship between late night and politics The politics of late night television The future of late night Another signal detected in MH370 search A benchmark week in health care reform Is 2016 the next battleground in ACA fight? Lis Smith: Sexism in Christie report Futurium In this interview, Håvard Hegre presents his views on the future of global peace and conflict. He presents his ideas for the main causes and drivers for conflict in 2050, and how changes such as a reduction in global poverty, demographic shifts, technological developments and developments in ICT and social media can impact peace and conflict in the future. He also presents a brief overview of the findings of his conflict prediction project, and how developments in ICT might assist such research.
Le kitsch moderne Building Blogs of Science | Because it is time for scientists to pull their heads out of the lab and talk about the wonders, greatness and miseries of their profession. – Diego Golombek Extremism | On politics, exclusion and rhetoric Open Science, the future of scientific research Open Science is a movement that aims to make research results more rapidly accessible, reusable and transparent for everybody all around the world. Based on the new information and communication technologies, Open Science conduces researchers to work in a collaborative environment to speed scientific discoveries. Open Science is based on many different elements. Open Data, Open Access, Open Source and Open Research are key aspects of this movement. Each one vividly contributes to the enhancement of science sharing. Open data A research work is reported in the form of a full text article where raw data mentions are very limited. Allowing access to scientific data online represents the Open Data movement. Many Online databases such as FigShare, ChemSpider and more recently Academia.edu are dedicated to the Open Data movement. Source: wwwdb.inf.tu-dresden.de/opendatasurvey Open Access Free access to scientific and scholarship publications corresponds to the Open Access movement. Open Source
Florilège des ubulogues remarquables - Kit d'ubulogie clinique remarquable travail qui ne doit pas faire perdre de vue sa complémentarité avec une autre approche du fonctionnement soignant, les comportements liés aux processus complexes portés par les cellules flexibles et autonomes, ou "microsystèmes cliniques".« L'ordre sociologique, élément structurant de l'organisation du travail. L'exemple des bureaucraties professionnelle : ordre soignant contre ordre dirigeant à l'hôpital » Attention grand ubulogue et maître penseur à la fois « Quelle spécificité de l'organisation du travail dans les services de soins ? « L'hôpital public manque-t-il réellement de personnel ? Philippe d'Iribarne La logique de l'honneur - an En France existe une logique de l’honneur, "aussi exigeante dans les devoirs qu’elle prescrit que dans les privilèges qu’elle permet de défendre". Commentaire par VINCENT LYONNET (ESC Clermont-Ferrand) - Fiche de lectureCliquer ici Jean de Kervasdoué Kervasdoué à l'IFRAP 1. 2.
Scientific data: open access to research results will boost Europe's innovation capacity European Commission Press release Brussels, 17 July 2012 Scientific data: open access to research results will boost Europe's innovation capacity The European Commission today outlined measures to improve access to scientific information produced in Europe. As a first step, the Commission will make open access to scientific publications a general principle of Horizon 2020, the EU's Research & Innovation funding programme for 2014-2020. articles will either immediately be made accessible online by the publisher ('Gold' open access) - up-front publication costs can be eligible for reimbursement by the European Commission; orresearchers will make their articles available through an open access repository no later than six months (12 months for articles in the fields of social sciences and humanities) after publication ('Green' open access). The Commission has also recommended that Member States take a similar approach to the results of research funded under their own domestic programmes. Links