Web Two > Peer Review: Nature takes the lead

[ business|bytes|genes|molecules] Science has a tendency of becoming “clique-y”, both in the peer review process as well as the grant process (that’s another story which I will leave to my academic colleagues). The articles in Nature discuss some of the core issues and presents some posssible solutions The web is a truly disruptive medium as evidenced by the impact that PLoS and Pubmed Central have had.

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Blogsisters.blogspot.comhttp://blogsisters.blogspot.com [Blogsisters.blogspot.com] Blog Sisters: Where men can link, but they can't touch: (I'm also a participating member myself.) The basic idea is that you trade peer counseling sessions with other women, so each woman gets free counseling. There are 6 different types of emotional support techniques taught to community members, so it isn't just your everyday chatting, though it also isn't professional counseling either.

[Continuousblog.net] Continuous Computing Blog: Social Machines: MY BOSS, JASON PONTIN, CAUSED A MINOR RUCKUS IN MAY whileattending D3, the Wall Street Journal’s third annual “All Things Digital”conference outside San Diego. The editor in chief of Technology Review, like many executives, entrepreneurs, engineers, and students these days, doesn’t go anywhere without his wirelessgear””meaning, at a minimum, a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop and a cell phone.

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