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Led by astronomers, scientists are breaking free from the "lone discoverer" model and teaming up to analyze the onslaught of data.
History shows the intellectual property is more complicated than people think, says Adrian Johns, author of the new book Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates.
An English professor at Oklahoma City University says her battle with Lou Gehrig's disease has had one positive effect: It's made her a better teacher.
The hacked e-mail incident that is dogging climate scientists highlights the burdens placed on some researchers and prompts suggestions of how to respond.
College leaders usually brag about their tech-filled "smart" classrooms, but a dean at Southern Methodist University is proudly removing computers from lecture halls. Jose A. Bowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, has challenged his colleagues to "teach naked"— by which he means, sans machines.
As computer programs make images easier than ever to manipulate, editors at a growing number of scientific publications are turning into image detectives — and are alarmed at the level of tampering they find.
Postmodern strategies pose challenges to traditional forensics, which has traditionally served as a laboratory for the democratic process and an important training ground for future policy makers.
A scientist's computer simulations of the 9/11 attacks in New York have led him to raise questions about the Twin Towers' design and to become an advocate for skyscraper safety. (Originally published in The Chronicle.)
Review
of the book Trigger Happy, which argues that video
games have become cultural products worthy of serious consideration.
Look at an interactive history project by a prominent civil-war historian that gives users a chance to explore original archival materials at the click of a mouse.
Review of the video game Crazy Taxi, which makes cab rides through Times Square seem tame in comparison.
Written during
a month-long journalism fellowship in Finland, this dispatch
looks at an event billed as the world's largest multimedia
party.
A teenaged girl who was molested by a man
she met in an Internet chat room faced unexpected challenges when
she opened up a Web site to tell her story, as many anonymous
commenters blamed her for what happened.
A look at how the role of the journalist changes during online chats hosted by newspapers, arguing that such chats increase reader interaction and make the newsgathering process more transparent.
An ethnography of a text-based virtual
environment, written back in 1994 but still cited in discussions
of online interaction.
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