Biophysicist and open-science fan Stephen Curry, in The inexorable rise of open access scientific publishing, at The Guardian, notes that the move to open science is speeding up a wee faster than many people expected or even realize: Read all about it: academic publishing is changing faster than anyone has realised, according to a new study reported today in…
Monthly Archives: October 2012
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The Genetics of Stoopid
by David Dobbs •
Ask not what your genes have done to make you smart, but what they’ve done to make you stupid. That’s the gist of an idea offered recently by neurogeneticist Kevin Mitchell in a “The genetics of stupidity,” a fun, provocative post at his blog, Wiring the Brain. Today I unpack this idea a bit in a piece in…
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Obama Adds “Romnesia” to Diagnostic Manual
by David Dobbs •
No reason the President shouldn’t join the DSM-V frenzy. “I’m not a doctor. But I think we should go over the symptoms.” Via the absolutely priceless Mr. Ian Leslie, who posted this at his fine blog, Marbury.
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Hey You Men Who Yell “Nice Tits”: STFU. Again.
by David Dobbs •
Note: I post this again because various males have recently forgotten when it’s best to STFU. This post originally ran in January 2011. Thanks to Isis and DrugMonkey & Janet Stemwedel and Jezebel for calling this to my attention, amid much distration, and Kate Clancy and Christie Wilcox for initial inspriation. Plus, Mom. I thank Mom once again, and my sisters. More on that below. Plus: This latest…
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STOP PROCRASTINATING! Here’s How
by David Dobbs •
“A Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted”: Filmmaker Miranda July, who apparently suffers from the distractibility that led you and me both to this film (she once had a real problem resisting the PennySaver), fashioned this short instructional film from a scene she cut from her feature The Future, in which she plays the under-employed dancer…