By nature.com Communities Team on 15 Mar 2012
Dorothy Clyde (Dot), is a Senior Editor at Nature Protocols and has been with the journal since its inception in January 2006. In her previous life as a research scientist, she spent close to a decade studying various aspects of fruit fly development and genetics. In her guest post she explains the role an editor plays in avoiding plagiarism, giving advice to all parties. … Read more
Posted in Featured, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, CrossCheck initiative, Dorothy Clyde, iThenticate, Nature Protocols, plagiarism, retractions
By Laura Wheeler on 06 Mar 2012
Richard Van Noorden, Assistant News Editor at Nature, gives us an overview of what retractions can tell us about setting the research record straight. In his post he highlights some recent high profile cases of retraction, explaining why retraction rates appear to be increasing. Read more
Posted in Featured, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, retractions
By nature.com Communities Team on 22 Feb 2012
It’s time to share some details of the latest Science Online NYC (SoNYC). This month’s event will take place on Tuesday 20th March at Rockefeller University from 7pm EST. You can also watch online via our Livestream channel. The topic for discussion is: Setting the research record straight … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, retractions
By nature.com Communities Team on 19 Feb 2012
On Thursday evening, we hosted the ninth instalment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. For this month’s SoNYC we teamed up with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for a special event for Social Media Week. Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, science communication, social media
By Laura Wheeler on 16 Feb 2012
Science Online NYC (SoNYC) is a monthly discussion series held in New York City where invited panellists talk about a particular topic related to how science is carried out and communicated online. For this month’s SoNYC we’ve teamed up with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for a special event for Social Media Week. We’re looking at how social media can be used to communicate science, with the intention of concentrating on how the experiences can have educational value. More details about this month’s SoNYC can be found here. Read more
Posted in Science communication and outreach, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #IamScience, #SoNYC, science communication, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 16 Feb 2012
QRator is a project that allows our visitors to get involved in conversations about the way that museums like ours operate and the role of science in society today. In the Museum are ten iPads which each pose a broad question linked to a changing display of specimens. We are really interested in what our visitors think about some of the challenges that managing a natural history collection brings up, and other issues in the life sciences. They change periodically, but at the moment our current questions include “Is it ever acceptable for museums to lie?”, “Is domestication ethical?”, “Should human and animal remains be treated differently in museums like this?” and “What makes an animal British?” … Read more
Posted in Science communication and outreach, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, iPad, science communication, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 16 Feb 2012
On Monday evening, Joi Ito, Internet pioneer and head of the MIT Media Lab, talked to Nature Boston as part of our coverage of Social Media Week. On Thursday, tune into the live stream of “Beyond a Trend: Enhancing Science Communication with Social Media.” The panel, hosted by American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), is the latest in the monthly series organized by Science Online NYC, aka SoNYC. … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 14 Feb 2012
Science Online NYC (SoNYC) is a monthly discussion series held in New York City where invited panellists talk about a particular topic related to how science is carried out and communicated online. For this month’s SoNYC we’ve teamed up with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for a special event for Social Media Week. We’re looking at how social media can be used to communicate science, with the intention of concentrating on how the experiences can have educational value. More details about this month’s SoNYC can be found here. Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #IamScience, #SoNYC, science communication, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 09 Feb 2012
Science Online NYC (SoNYC) is a monthly discussion series held in New York City where invited panellists talk about a particular topic related to how science is carried out and communicated online. For this month’s SoNYC we’ve teamed up with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for a special event for Social Media Week. We’re looking at how social media can be used to communicate science, with the intention of concentrating on how the experiences can have educational value. More details of this month’s SoNYC can be found here. Read more
Posted in Science education, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, education, Google +, science communication, social media |
