Scientific Peer Review, ca. 1945

grrlscientist — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:59:22 +0000

tags: The Downfall, Hitler, funny, weird, parody, scientific research paper, peer-review process, scientific publishing, streaming video

OMG, this is the most hilarious scientific research video parody I've seen. It is a fly-on-the-wall view of what happens when a research paper is sent out for peer-review and the mysterious reviewer #3 demands more experiments before the paper is accepted for publication. Unfortunately, it is closer to the truth than the public (and even some scientists) realizes ...

"Or I could write it up for Scientific American."

Hahahaha!

grrlscientist Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:59

I don't know about other fields, but in my field the "open access" journals had some of the top scientists as editors and reviewers who, in their own words, were sick of the slow process leading to the publication of mediocre articles in the printed journals.

I refuse to write anything up for "Scientific American"; I think they had gone downhill very quickly around the time Martin Gardner stopped contributing.

Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful To Monkeys

grrlscientist — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:59:06 +0000

Multiple Stab Wounds May Be Harmful To Monkeys

tags: Onion News Network, research, monkeys, medical news, humor, satire, streaming video

In this video, ONN reports on a newly published study indicating that repeatedly stabbing monkeys with sharpened objects may have an adverse effect on their health and longevity [1:08]

grrlscientist Thu, 07/09/2009 - 00:59