Publishing, sharing data in Science

NIH Tells Genomic Researchers: ‘You Must Share Data' - The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://m.chronicle.com/article/NIH-Tells-Genomic-Researchers-/148509/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Setting the Record Straight
Scientists are taking to social media to challenge weak research, share replication attempts in real time, and counteract hype. Will this online discourse enrich the scientific process?
http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/41056/title/Setting-the-Record-Straight/

Ethics in science

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/opinion/science-has-a-sexual-assault-problem.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

Female scientists conducting field research are under threat — and often from their own team.

  

What do you think about the idea that female scientists need to protect themselves from assault while doing field research?   Does anyone want to talk about this issue in person?

STEM

Black Women May Face Unique Barriers to Obtaining STEM Degrees – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why is it hard to get students into the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines?  What is it about some disciplines in STEM which is unattractive especially to women and certain minorities?

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/black-women-may-face-unique-barriers-to-obtaining-stem-degrees/86675?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Sept/Oct current events

*new 10Oct14* The Diseaseome Could Take Medicine Beyond the Genome — 
NOVA Next | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/network-medicine/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=nova_next

Scientists seen as competent but not trusted by Americans

http://m.phys.org/news/2014-09-scientists-americans.html

 

New Drug Clears Cancer Cells Through Immune System Judo — NOVA Next | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/new-drug-clears-cancer-cells-immune-system-judo/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=nova_next

  

A Call to Action Against a Predator Fish With an Import Ban, App and Even Rodeos - NYTimes.com
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/us/a-call-to-action-against-a-predator-fish.html?referrer=
We've talked about invasive species -- how should we "handle" them? Do we have an obligation to protect the environment? 

The Nobel laureate Peter Higgs, 85, whose public appearances have been as rare and fleeting as the tracks of the Higgs boson, discussed his life’s work in an interview at an Edinburgh cafe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/science/a-discoverer-as-elusive-as-his-particle-.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

  ‘Animated Life: Seeing the Invisible’ - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/opinion/animated-life-seeing-the-invisible.html?referrer=