links for 2009-05-19

• Showcase Lowdown: papers, papers, papers
  Academic papers resulting from a collaboration between AHRC and BBC, and all about new media. Yum!
  (tags: ahrc research bbc internet study)
• Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist
  Ben Goldacre's considered response to Baronness Susan Greenfield
  (tags: controversy science public bengoldacre badscience)
• Google Adds Visualization Graphs to the Search of Public Data – information aesthetics
  they will "add search to public data", a new and powerful search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data, in the anticipation "… that this will pave the way for public data to take a more central role in informed public conversations". In practice, this means that when searching for public data related topics, search results will include a small preview and a link to an interactive chart that lets users add and remove data for different geographical areas.
  (tags: data policy public_participation public_policy google search)
• Mendeley’s Klingon battle cruiser de-cloaks in London with the Last.fm for academia
  Via its desktop software and a web app, the service shares information about academic papers between researchers.
  (tags: academic community researcher research tool web)

~ by akrotoski on May 19, 2009.