This month has by far been the busiest since DTLR began in July of this year. And yet my posts on the three biggest fish are still in the planning stages. So, here I just want to alert readers to the background material on two of these.
First, there is the special issue from Science on "Communicating in Science: Pressures and Predators," published earlier this month. Second, there is the cover story in The Economist from last week, "How Science Goes Wrong." (See also the accompanying Leader.) Both of these tackle central topics of this blog, and I am grateful for the high profile these have issues have taken.
The third 'big fish' of the month that I plan to comment on is a reaction to the federal government shutdown at the beginning of the month. (Full disclosure: I was furloughed as a result of this episode.) I plan to muse on the role of private funding for science.
All three topics are very timely and I hope to have my comments available soon. In the meantime, on the technology side, see this interesting post by David Auerbach at Slate on the travails of the Affordable Care Act's website rollout this month.
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