Under the headline ”Journals under Threat: A Joint Response from HSTM Editors” the editors of some of the leading international journals for history and philosophy of science and social studies of science have issued a joint declaration that I received by email and that I am reprinting here to give it a larger audience.

We live in an age of metrics. All around us, things are being standardized,
quantified, measured. Scholars concerned with the work of science and
technology must regard this as a fascinating and crucial practical, (Show me more…)

Nature magazine has a collection of interesting opinions about future developments of science. My favorite contribution is open content management (Show me more…)

What is the fastest acceleration in Nature? It seems that high-speed spore discharge mechanisms are winning the race. From a PLoS press release (Show me more…)

Occasionally, I am taking up a topic that directed a google search to my site. Anyway, I have doubts if this is really a big scientific question as highlighted in an interview and a new book of a Munich professor. With the Neolithic Age farming was raising – and usually thought as a response to famine. Reichholf believes that humans put down roots by drinking beer. Is that a good joke right to Octoberfest this year? Cheers.