Internet startup Academia.edu is moving forward with plans to change the way scientists publish papers, thanks to a second round of funding the company has recieved.
Flush with just over $11 million in capital, Academia is inching closer to its goal of publishing all scientific papers while simultaneously changing the way the peer-review porcess works. Currently, researchers must submit their papers to any of a number of academic journals. The journals then hand the papers over to a different researcher to review before deciding if they have merit and are worthy of publication. Under the Academia.edu model, those same papers would be reviewed by peers on the site, similar to Facebook.
"The goal is to have every single science PDF ever written available for free on the Internet and to build a network of scientists interacting with those papers that will change the face of peer review," the San Francisco-based company told CNet of its mission.
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That's Happy New Year in Chinese. 2014 is the Year of the horse. On the Chinese calendar, called Yuan Tan,this new year is 4712. Chinese New year is not always held on the same day each year. It depends on when the second new moon of the winter solstice occurs.This year, Chinese New Year begins on January 31st. It is the beginning of a 15 day...
2013 brought us a slew of tablets, a few interesting wearables and a host of new OSs, so it's only...
As 2014 approaches, I wanted to reflect on my resolutions for the coming year. As a teacher of gifted, I thought it would be beneficial to share my goals and thoughts for the future as well as have other teachers post their resolutions here.
First, a disclosure: Im not that big on New Years resolutions since most people dont keep them, and I believe in allowing goals to come to mind at any time of year and acting on them when inspired. With that said, I still think the New Year...
I find myself bewildered by the public attention that Patrice Wilson's work garners. Starting with Rebecca Black and moving forward, he's had sensation after sensation on YouTube. He has transformed the music video and pop-song landscape by generating millions of views, based on the fact that the work is intentionally cheesy and lacking in artistic integrity.
Despite his distinct formula and trademark, he attracts the same mega-hyped publicity and video views on YouTube...
Perhaps~ you will find this resource of use to use with your students on the first day back from vacation.
Happy New Year's!
Bonne annee(French)
Frohes neues Jahr(Germany)
Felice anno nuovo(Italian)
Gelukkig nieuwjaar(Dutch)
Gott nytt ar(Swedish)
Feliz ano nuevo(Spanish)
Shana tova(Hebrew)
Hauoli makahiki hou(Hawaiian)
Interesting Customs around the World for New Year's.
In Russia~ divers place a New...
I often wonder what gifted kids would say if they were allowed to freely speak their minds to teachers.
After working with gifted students for six years~ I have spent time with them in the classroom~ at lunch~ playing games at recess~ and met with their parents. During that time~ I have realized many of them shared similar challenges and issues~ which teachers were not aware.
I have often had to bite my tongue when listening to homeroom teachers~ specials teachers~ and...