Postagens de Rogue Scholar

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Estudos dos media e ciências da comunicaçãoInglês
Publicados in the modern peer
Autor Leal Oburoglu

Just like the anonymous commenter on a reddit thread or a social media post, I think the anonymous reviewer suffers from the “disinhibition effect” that comes with knowing that they cannot be identified. A reviewer “persona” is created and suddenly gives them the option to be especially harsh (sometimes cruel…). Would they have made the same comment face to face, at a conference, for example?

National SecurityBiotechnologyOutras ciências técnicasInglês
Publicados in The Connected Ideas Project
Autor Alexander Titus

There’s a lot of talk these days about “technology races” and “the future of war.” But in biotechnology, we’re not racing toward some far-off sci-fi battlefield, the future has already arrived. Chapter 3 of the NSCEB Final Report makes it brutally clear: The U.S. military is not ready. Not because we lack good scientists. Not because we lack powerful technologies.

Underworld WorkshopsGetting StartedGeodynamicsCiências da Terra e do AmbienteInglês
Publicados in Underworld Geodynamics Community

You are invited to a full-day workshop on Underworld — a computational Geodynamics / Tectonics modelling framework. This is an excellent opportunity for researchers, students, and professionals interested in computational geodynamics and Earth science modelling to learn about Underworld.

CommunityCrossrefMeetingsMembershipCiências da Computação e da InformaçãoInglês
Publicados in Crossref Blog

Crossref is a membership organisation, and it’s the global community of members that creates the Research Nexus together. Meeting our community locally is a highlight and an important learning experience. This year, we started by connecting with a growing community in Accra, Ghana - our first in-person event in the country included in our GEM program. From 14 members in 2023 to 31 in 2025, our community in Ghana is blooming.