The threads at SV-POW! are hopping right now, particularly with one commenting on open access in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . One q...

Dental microwear, seen in the tiny pits and scratches on a tooth, provides lots of detailed data for inferring diet and chewing behavior i...

The Research Councils UK (an umbrella organization overseeing much of the public scientific funding in that country, as well as funding for...

"The promise of the Internet-as-Alexandria is more than the rolling plenitude of information. It’s the ability of individuals to chor...

We all want our work to be discovered, read and cited. There is little doubt that closed access systems hamper this - a paywall to an articl...

A new paper on the Torosaurus  / Triceratops issue was just published in PLoS ONE , bringing some additional analysis to the table. I won...

These can be depressing times for a paleontologist - funding is poor for most, the job market is dim for many talented friends and colleague...