Why Science Journal Paywalls Have to Go
A guest post by student scientist Jack Andraka After a close family friend died from pancreatic cancer, I turned to the Internet to help me understand more about this disease that had killed him so...
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This is the first weekly student post on our relaunched PLOS Student Blog. Read about the blog’s purpose and scope on SciEd. Undergraduate science education is changing. Fading are the days of large...
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This article is being cross-listed on The Berkeley Science Review. Check out some other really interesting pieces there! Isaac Newton, one of the most famous physicists to have ever existed, lived to...
View ArticleThe Magnifying Glass Ceiling: The Plight of Women in Science
Scientists frequently reference a quote attributed to Einstein: “You do not truly understand something unless you can explain it to your grandma.” Whether or not these words were actually Einstein’s,...
View ArticleCoop’s Scoop: the STEAM of citizen science
Last week the Citizen Science Association held its first conference ever, with 600 people attending from 25 countries. Topics covered in talks, posters, panels, and stories, ranged from do-it-yourself...
View ArticleWhy Science Journal Paywalls Have to Go
A guest post by student scientist Jack Andraka After a close family friend died from pancreatic cancer, I turned to the Internet to help me understand more about this disease that had killed him so...
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