March 2011
31 posts
Peer Review Social Networks
Our guests from Science in the Pub shared two websites with us that are bringing peer review to the Web 2.0 era.
Mendeley Free reference manager and academic social network.
Faculty of 1000 Post-publication peer review.
February 2011
7 posts
Interview Science in the Pub (2.28.11)
Science in the Pub is a science happy hour held at the Cactus Cafe on the University of Texas at Austin’s campus. We’ll talk to the guys behind this arena of science storytelling and socializing today on the show.
What we're talking about now 2/14/2011/7:12 →
Our KVRX page →
“I confess, I do not believe in time”
– Vladimir Nabokov
Science of Kissing
Just in time for Valentines Day we interviewed Sheril Kirschenbaum, author of The Science of Kissing. Sheril shared with us the contents of her book as well as her thoughts on the biological significance of kissing as a way of assessing compatibility of one’s partner. We ventured into a discussion of the MHC (Major Histocompatibility Complex) as well as how kissing is represented both...
