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China has become a science powerhouse and it achieved this goal, in part, by sending its young scientitsts abroad to train in universities i...

When doing an exeriment, it's important to keep the number of variables to a minimum and it's important to have scientific controls ...

Here's an interesting article about the biggest problems in (American) science: The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 ...

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the main source of research funding for Canadian health researchers, including those do...

The National Academies of Sciences (USA) formed a committee to look into scientific integrity. A summary of the report was published in the ...

The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has launched a campaign to alert the public about changes in science policy and fundi...

Last night I was at a small gathering of Liberal supporters at the Paramount restaurant on Yonge Street in Toronto. The event was organized ...

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired an episode of The Fifth Estate on Friday night. I taped it and watched it yesterday betw...

My department is in a Faculty of Medicine and the main source of research funding for biomedical sciences in Canada is the Canadian Institut...

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Marc Kirschner is Chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. He's a very smart man and a well-respected scien...

PZ Myers has just given his students a take-home exam. Here's one of the questions [ It’s another exam day! ] ... Question 1: One of Sa...

Scientific societies are made up of groups of scientists who band together for various legitimate purposes such as organizing meetings, publ...

Carl Zimmer, one of the top science writers in the world, has written an article for the New York Times with the following provocative titl...

  Are you a Canadian researcher who cares about the dismal CIHR funding situation? Sign the petition at: The CIHR Individual Grants Program...

  This week's Egregiously stupid remark of the week by an IDiot goes to Jonathan Wells for his comment about HOX genes.

  TV, radio, and newspapers in Canada are abuzz with the lastest studies on swine flu. According to "preliminary reports" your cha...

  Peter Lawrence has an article in the latest issue of PLoS Biology: Real Lives and White Lies in the Funding of Scientific Research . He...

  We had a fun visit with Cody Cobb the other day when he flew up to Toronto for a free lunch [ Lunch with a winner ]. I mentioned that Cody...