The blogosphere (Scholarly Kitchen, Science in the Open, Book of Trogool, and The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics) has been lit up by the recent announcement of Nature’s newest journal […]
Out with Beilstein/Gmelin. In with REAXYS!
Do you use Beilstein/Gmelin via the Crossfire software? If so, stop what you’re doing and switch to REAXYS! Beilstein/Gmelin Crossfire has been the way to access organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemical […]
The Disappearing Spoon: A Reading with Sam Kean
Wednesday, November 3 5:30 pm Mason Hall, Homewood campus The Friends of the Libraries invite you to an evening of weird science with New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean, who […]
Waiting for the Aliens
I never doubted that we’d find other planets with physical characteristics somewhat close to our own. Gliese 581 d (named after Wilhelm Gliese) is only 20 light-years away from us […]
The Earth – All of It
M Level has a remarkable new addition: an eye-popping atlas called Earth. Earth: The World Atlas, published in Sydney, Australia by Millennium House, has 160 pages of high-quality maps and more […]
Why Can’t We Put the Books Back?
There are bright orange signs hanging all over the Science Reference section. The signs say “Don’t Put the Books Back!! (We’re counting.)” What on earth is going on down on […]
A Day in the Life: Nurses and Doctors
Another round of MCAT’s has just come and gone, and the Health Professions Advising office stays busy all the time. Are you thinking about studying to become a doctor or […]
Being an Ethical Engineer
You’ve heard of medical ethics, environmental ethics, research ethics, and so on. But did you know that undergraduate engineering programs must teach engineering ethics in order to stay accredited? The […]
Scientific Fiction – The Bourbaki Mystery
In the 1930s, a French mathematician began writing journal articles and books. His name was Nicolas Bourbaki. He didn’t exist. Bourbaki was and is actually a group of brilliant and […]
Navigating Brains
Do you need to use brain scans of mice, rats, or primates in your research? Elsevier has a new product you may be interested in: BrainNavigator. They are using images […]