When Technology Fails

It’s been one of those kinds of weeks (or months) — at any given time, one or more of the 10 workstations I’m responsible for is misbehaving in some fashion. They’re all “locked down,” so even if I knew how to solve the problem, I would still have to call corporate headquarters across the [...]

Epidemiology in the age of Google

Canadian researchers, back in 2006, called it Infodemiology — using volume and locations of Internet searches to track influenza outbreaks. Dr. Gunther Eysenbach’s paper notes that:
The “Google ad sentinel method” proved to be more timely, more accurate and – with a total cost of Can$365.64 for the entire flu-season – considerably cheaper than the traditional [...]

Recent Developments in Open Access Publishing

U.K. scientist Cameron Neylon writes, at his Science in the Open blog, that good communication is just good science. He makes the case that open access furthers scientific discourse by reducing the barriers in accessing the scientific record for review, criticism, and discussion.
In the U.S. House of Representatives, meanwhile, legislation has been introduced to curtail [...]

LeaAnn’s retirement party

Thanks to Mike S. for the photos