Category: Editorials

  • For Your Consideration—Cannes Edition

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    by Jim Keller In this installment, For Your Consideration kicks off the 2013 Oscar season with a look at the films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. This year’s festival, overseen by Jury President Steven Spielberg, will open on May 15with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, which will screen out of competition.As I’ve stated…

  • Fiscal Cliff: The Next Big Challenge for Science

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    by Christina Pyrgaki A version of this article appeared on The Incubator blog on February 14, 2013. For the last 35 years, the University of Lake Superior has published a list of banished words—words in the English language that are deemed overused, misused, or useless. Topping the 2013 version1 was a term that no American…

  • Hitting the Paywall

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    by Daniel Briskin Approximately two years ago, in March 2011, The New York Times introduced their paywall, the digital barrier against accessing more than 20 articles per month without subscribing (subsequently, access has been further reduced to only ten articles per month for non-subscribers). Although the Times was not the first publication to limit access…

  • For Your Consideration—Crystal Ball Edition Part II

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    by Jim Keller Admittedly, last month’s column was thrown together between health battles, and birthday and Oscar celebrations—oh wait, those last two were on the same day, no lie! Without further ado, I give you the remainder of a short list of films—some of which you might be hearing about for years to come as…

  • Directed Acts of Kindness: A Citizen’s Weapon Towards a Better Society

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    by Christina Pyrgaki The Wednesday before Nemo hit NYC and after a successful journal club meeting, which involved a combination of good science, brainy company, and fine liquor, I left the university with two friends and colleagues of mine at around 8 p.m. The three of us strolled in the cold evening all the way…