By Laura Wheeler on 31 Mar 2012
Communities Happenings is a (usually) weekly post with news of interest to NPG’s online communities. The aim is to provide this info in one handy summary. Listings include tweetups and conferences that we’re attending and/or organising as well as new online tools, products or cool videos. We also occasionally flag up NPG special offers and competitions plus updates about NPG social media activities such as new accounts you might want to follow. Do let us know what you find most useful! Read more
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By Laura Wheeler on 30 Mar 2012
From today, NPG’s Facebook pages have the new timeline format! Read more
Posted in Featured, nature.com blogs info | Tagged 1869, Communities Happenings, Facebook, timeline
By nature.com Communities Team on 29 Mar 2012
This new monthly event will take place in Vancouver and is co-organised by Catherine Anderson, Peter Newbury and Sarah Chow. Their first event is taking place at the TELUS World of Science on 19th April, from 19:00 to 21:00 and will discuss: … Read more
Posted in Featured | Tagged #SoVan
By nature.com Communities Team on 28 Mar 2012
The first Science Online NYC (SoNYC) took place on April 20th 2011 which means it’s almost our first birthday! To celebrate, we’d like to continue with our theme of maximum audience participation and invite you to an ‘appy hour and a half with a difference. Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC)
By Laura Wheeler on 23 Mar 2012
Medical Marijuana Uncovered! Read more
Posted in Featured, Weekly round-up
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Mar 2012
On Thursday evening, we hosted the tenth instalment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. For this month’s SoNYC, the topic for debate this month was, “Setting the research record straight.” … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, Ivan Oransky, retractions
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Mar 2012
Last summer, Science retracted a much-publicized paperon the genetics of longevity by a team of Boston University reasearchers. Outside scientists had raised questions about the validity of conclusion based on multiple types of genotyping platforms used for the study. Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC)
By nature.com Communities Team on 20 Mar 2012
Last March we were super-excited to announce a new monthly discussion series called Science Online NYC (SoNYC) of which Lou Woodley from nature.com is a co-organiser, along with John Timmer of Ars Technica and Jeanne Garbarino and Joe Bonner at Rockefeller University. Now, a year later, we can share details of how the SoNYC model is spreading to other cities! Read more
Posted in Events | Tagged #SoSEA
By nature.com Communities Team on 19 Mar 2012
Ivan Oransky, M.D., is executive editor of Reuters Health and treasurer of the Association of Health Care Journalists’ board of directors. He blogs at Embargo Watch and at Retraction Watch. Before taking his current position in June 2009, he was the Managing Editor for Scientific American online, deputy editor of The Scientist, co-editor in chief of Pulse, the medical student section of the Journal of American Medical Association, and founding editor-in-chief of Praxis Post, an online magazine of medicine and culture. Co-author of The A-Z Symptom Answer Guide (McGraw-Hill, 2004), he has written for publications including the Boston Globe, The New Republic, and USA Today. Read more
Posted in Featured, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, Ivan Oransky, retractions
