A Crowdsourced Comic for Lab Complaints
The Nature Publishing Group has recently opened a webpage where scientists can submit their lab gripes. Murphy´s Lab is an interesting initiative where people can complain...
Crowdsourcing
Education
Training, careers and the state of scientific education, including the postdoc pipeline.
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Genes in Space Competition Launched
Genes in Space, a competition for students was announced today, promising a change to run the proposed winning experiment on the International Space Station. Until...
Basic Research
Drinkable Book Purifies Contaminated Water
In collaboration with a non-profit organization, an American researcher has designed a book with silver-saturated pages to filter contaminated water. The book is a cheap and...
Education
Pere Estupinyà: “In Latin America There Is a Growing Interest in Science and Innovation”
I was fortunate to meet Pere Estupinyà in person few years ago. I was always attracted by science outreach, and Pere was and remains a leader...
Basic Research
The Labster Effect — Virtual Laboratories for Educational Institutions
What good is studying science without getting a feel of how things are done in an actual laboratory? But setting up a laboratory is a...
Apps
Science Hackathons Help Young Researchers Develop Necessary Skills
Young investigators find themselves in a very demanding career stage, where they must attain their position by publishing good papers, finding funding, collaborating with other...
Education
An Interview with Gilbert Faure on Knowledge Management
Labcritics was at Science & You 2015 in Nancy, France. One of the most interesting workshops we attended, in the Science Communication and Digital Technologies...
Crowdsourcing
Labcritics at Science & You 2015
Labcritics was at Science & You 2015 in Nancy, France, a scientific communication event open to researchers, students, mediators and journalists. We enjoyed the high...
Crowdsourcing