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Bio-IT World May 9, 2003 |
Stephen Wolfram's New Science This is too big a thing to propagate through the standard mechanism of science, says Wolfram. Wolfram is convinced he's discovered a big idea that will change the world. An interview |
Technology Research News April 23, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Software sorts tunes Efforts to get computers to categorize music usually involve researchers telling the computers what to listen for. A system that compares music files without any help from humans plays off subtle clues we may not notice. The method could be tapped to determine music authorship, and could even be used in disciplines like art history and forensics. |
Information Today April 2003 Robin Peek |
Could Peer Review Be Wrong? Seriously questioning the validity of the peer-review process is like debating the merits of a holy grail. But two scholarly societies are now asking if peer review is in fact such a good thing. |
D-Lib March 2003 Bonita Wilson |
Strange Science The website Strange Science presents a primarily light-hearted look at some of the stumbles along the path to discovery in natural science. |
Bio-IT World February 10, 2003 Kevin Davies |
Library Science Can the obscene costs of subscriptions to specialty journals be justified? |
Wired December 2002 Gregg Easterbrook |
The New Convergence After centuries of battle, scientists and theologians are finally forging a grand unified theory. As the era of biotechnology dawns, scientists realize they're stepping into territory best navigated with the aid of philosophers and theologians. |
Salon.com May 15, 2002 David Appell |
The next Newton? Recluse, maverick physicist and Mathematica developer Stephen Wolfram claims to have revolutionized science with his new, computer-based theories... |
Wired June 2002 Steven Levy |
The Man Who Cracked The Code to Everything ... But first it cracked him. The inside story of how Stephen Wolfram went from boy genius to recluse to science renegade... |
Salon.com August 27, 2001 Suzy Hansen |
Science, semi-science and nonsense A professional skeptic talks about what's real science (evolution, the Big Bang), what's balderdash (ESP, Creationism) and what lies between (hypnotism, superstring theory)... |
Salon.com July 2, 2001 David Appell |
"It Ain't Necessarily So" by David Murray, et al. Three self-styled experts point out the myriad ways that the media gets science wrong... |
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