By nature.com Communities Team on 20 May 2011
On Monday, we hosted our second installment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. The “topic “:https://sonyc2.eventbrite.com/ for debate this month was “Are scientists antisocial when it comes to the adoption of social media and web 2.0 tools for research?” and the panel featured Arikia Millikan, James Hedges, “Jessica Mezei “:https://twitter.com/#!/jmezi and Lou Woodley. Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 20 May 2011
Science in the media What better way to kick off this week’s summary of NPG’s blogs than with Khalil A. Cassimally’s post, Science Blogs Are Good For You. He reveals that due to the lack of science interest in the traditional media, science enthusiasts are starved of news relating to great research and new discoveries. Khalil asks what are the best ways for those interested in science, to connect to the achievements of the scientific world. He suggests blogging as an appropriate medium: The interesting thing about the science blogosphere (the community of science blogs, science bloggers and readers) is … Read more
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