Nature is not a Book http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab Mon, 06 May 2013 15:20:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Mythology of Pax6 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1243 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1243#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 21:11:06 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1243 anti-scientific mythologies that grow up around science that provide the substrate on which new artworks grow.]]> http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=1243 1 Open Data and Publicly-Funded Research http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=720 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=720#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:02:29 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=720 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=720 0 Is it already time for alt-alt-metrics? http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1161 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1161#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:11:27 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1161 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=1161 0 Now You Can Like Me http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1227 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1227#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:11:50 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1227 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=1227 0 Why is Science Writing so Crap? http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=864 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=864#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:08:43 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=864 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=864 0 The Presumed Singularity of Science http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1035 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1035#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:04:36 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=1035 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=1035 21 Fancy a Lick? http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=956 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=956#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:30:20 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=956 Can science expect to get public attention only to the extent that it is promoted by louder and edgier publicity than other things?]]> http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=956 0 The Psychology of Protein Structure Determination http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=926 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=926#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:31:22 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=926 Maja Klevanski's drawings give us cause to reflect on why we tend to see animals and faces even when there aren't any there.]]> http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=926 0 Frascati Spritzer http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=883 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=883#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:48:35 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=883 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=883 0 If a Tree Falls in a Forest… http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=676 http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=676#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:12:53 +0000 Peter M http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?p=676 ... when there's nobody there to hear, does it make a sound?]]> http://nearlyuseful.com/ninab/?feed=rss2&p=676 1