social media

An artist aims to publish a collection of stories of science gone awry.

New PhDs boost economy; Dutch universities strike open-access deal with Elsevier; #scibucketlist

Scientists air their most embarrassing fieldwork flubs on Twitter.

Reanalysis of Mouse ENCODE data suggests mouse and human genes are expressed in tissue-specific, rather than species-specific, patterns. 

Social networking sites may facilitate the spread of sexually transmitted disease, but these sites also serve as effective education and prevention tools.

Readers reveal research mishaps

Reddit users share the worst mishaps they’ve witnessed while working in the lab.

Scientists are beginning to embrace social media as a viable means of communicating with public audiences.

Scientists are taking to social media to challenge weak research, share replication attempts in real time, and counteract hype. Will this online discourse enrich the scientific process?

The ALS Association has raised more than $100 million in donations through a charity campaign that went viral. How should that money be spent?

An Indomitable Beast, What If?, Superintelligence, and Dataclysm

Readers discuss the varied amounts of time they’ve waited for journals to respond to or act on their concerns regarding published papers.

Algorithms that map social media posts and mobile phone data can help researchers track epidemics.

The moderators of the post-publication peer review forum say they could be facing their first legal case.

The Kardashian Index reflects how a scientist’s social media presence stacks up against her citation record.

Researchers show that a tuning algorithm can make one’s profile photo more memorable.

A stem-cell researcher claims to have reproduced stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency by following a revised protocol posted online last week.

Researchers apply epidemiological approaches to model user adoption and abandonment of sites like Facebook.

A new analysis finds is no link between a researcher’s citations and Twitter mentions of her scientific research.

Twitter can help scientists build networks, develop ideas, and spread their work, report says.