Showing posts with label journals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journals. Show all posts

February 22, 2011

great tips for your science writing

How to write consistently boring scientific literature
Kaj Sand-Jensen
Oikos Volume 116, Issue 5,
Article first published online: 26 NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15674.x

This is a good follow up to the paper written by the 8-10 year olds in Biology Letters (an open access article) on bee behaviour:
http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/12/18/rsbl.2010.1056

January 28, 2011

Annals of Improbable Research - best journal ever!

The Annals of Improbable Research highlights real (unusual) research papers and ones that could be real...in all areas of science and more.

They also award the Ig Nobels - for the wackiest papers published in the scientific literature.

and even have a "Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS)"

Here is one example:
Film clip and psychology question
and it includes the most incredible action scene ever!