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Editing Levels

December 28, 2015, Editing, ESL Blogs, Scientific English, copyediting, editor, proofreading, substantive editing, 0

The Three Levels of Editing: Proofreading, Copyediting and Substantive Editing Document Editing Entails Numerous Activities The time, effort, and...

My Model Species: The Sea Turtle

November 5, 2015, Ecology, Caretta caretta, loggerhead, marine biology, se turtle, sea turtle research, 0

Addressing Fundamental Ecological Questions: My Model Species…The Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) I must admit, when I travelled to Greece...

Science and the Heavy Hand of History

October 17, 2015, Editor Perspectives, Non-technical, ScienceDocs Specialist Perspectives, Eric Kandel, Holocaust, Jewish scientists, Nazism, nobel award, science history, 0

SCIENCE AND THE HEAVY HAND OF HISTORY The Successes of Holocaust Survivors Remind Us of What Might Have Been...

NIH Grant Proposals – Biographical Sketches

October 10, 2015, Grant Writing, biographical sketch, Biosketches, NIH Grant Proposal, SciENcv, 0

Procedures for NIH Grant Proposal Biographical Sketches (Biosketches) Are Evolving The National Institutes of Health reports it is in...

Frogs Use Gutters to Amplify Mating Calls

September 18, 2015, Auditory, Biology, Biopsychology, Life Sciences, zoology, auditory, biopsychology, consonance, disharmony, dissonance, frequency, harmony, hearing, perception, sound, soundwaves, 0

Frogs Use Gutters to Amplify Mating Calls Frogs use mating calls to find their mates and, at least in...

The Facts About the MMR Vaccine/Autism Link (or the Lack Thereof)

September 5, 2015, Infectious Disease, Life Sciences, Public Health, autism, measles, mmr, mumps, rubella, vaccine, 0

The Facts About the MMR Vaccine/Autism Link (or the Lack Thereof) On February 28th, 1998, The Lancet published Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia,...

Dissonance in music explained as urge to move one note

August 22, 2015, Auditory, Biopsychology, auditory, biopsychology, consonance, disharmony, dissonance, frequency, harmony, hearing, perception, sound, soundwaves, 0

Dissonance in music explained as urge to move one note Dissonance in classical music was explained by the chief...

VALIDATION: The key to experimental repeatability and a sound scientific publication

July 30, 2015, Editor Perspectives, Scientific Publishing, Study Design, accuracy, data loggers, experimental repeatability, research validation, scientific validation, validation, 0

VALIDATION: The key to experimental repeatability and a sound scientific publication Whenever I write a paper, review a...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Translation

July 24, 2015, Spanish, Translation, English translation, machine translation, source word, Spanish translation, synonym, target language, Translation, 0

Love is an elusive concept with many interpretations, Raymond Carver reminds us in his short story What We Talk...

Microbiota and Obesity: All in Your Gut?

July 18, 2015, Gastrology, Bacteriodetes, metabolic disorders, metabolism, microbiome, Microbiota and Obesity, obesity epidemic, 0

Microbiota and Obesity: All in Your Gut? In the current obesity epidemic that is affecting most developed nations,...

Marijuana: The Mechanism Behind the Munchies

June 22, 2015, Public Health, ScienceDocs News, appetite, cannabinoid, marijuana, POMC, 0

June 22, 2015 12:00 p.m. PST ScienceDocs News The idea that smoking marijuana sometimes leads to “the munchies” has been a...

What Professionals Need to Know about Writing Well

May 24, 2015, Editor Perspectives, ESL Blogs, Medical Writing, Non-technical, ScienceDocs Specialist Perspectives, Scientific English, English, medical writing, scientific writing, 0

What Professionals Need to Know about Writing Well Almost all white-collar workers believe that good writing skills are important...

Should an author index her own book?

May 19, 2015, Indexing, book indexing, 0

Should an author index her own book? On first look, the author seems the perfect person to index her...

KISS and Tell for Effective Communication

May 14, 2015, Editing, English, ESL Blogs, Medical Writing, editing, English, grammar, KISS, medical writing, scientific writing, 0

KISS and Tell for Effective Communication Many people have heard of and quoted the KISS principle – Keep It...

The Art of Science

May 1, 2015, Editor Perspectives, Non-technical, Art of Scientific Research, art vs. science, research process, subjective science, 0

The Art of science In his book, the Art of Scientific Research, William Beveridge said that “Paradoxical as it...

Superbugs Cause Super Problems

April 25, 2015, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Public Health, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, bacteria, MRSA, pharmacology, pharmacy, superbugs, 0

Superbugs Cause Super Problems Recently, my kids heard the term “superbug” on the news and immediately conjured pictures and...

How to improve your writing: suggestions from a medical writer

April 19, 2015, ESL Blogs, Medical Writing, ESL editing, journal publishing, medical editing, medical writing, science writing, scientific editor, 0

I think it’s fair to presume that most of us involved in medical research do not have extensive, if...

Data Management Plans for Grant Proposals

April 7, 2015, Data Management Plans, Grant Proposals, data management, DMPTool, grant proposals, metadata, science data, 0

Data Management Plans Give us the data! Triggered by the economic contraction that most local, state, and federal agencies...

Waste Not, Want Not: A Call for the Appropriate Use of Antibiotics

March 23, 2015, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Public Health, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, antimicrobial, bacteria, MRSA, pharmacology, Staphylococcus aureus, 0

Waste Not, Want Not: A Call for the Appropriate Use of Antibiotics I do not like wasting things: time, money,...

Could Enceladus provide conditions for microbial life?

March 14, 2015, Astronomy, Microbiology, astronomy, bacteria, hydrogeothermal, microbiology, news, Saturn, 0

Further evidence of hydrogeothermal activity on Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus points to intriguing potential in the search for extraterrestrial...

What do snakes have to do with cancer?

March 12, 2015, Non-technical, Oncology, cancer, contortrostatin, snake venom, 0

What do snakes have to do with cancer?…They can confuse it! Or at least their venom can. But not...

Embedded Indexes: A Trend in Publishing

February 28, 2015, Indexing, Medical Writing, Publishing, Scientific Publishing, book indexing, embedded indexing, indexing, wordembed, 0

Embedded Indexes: A Trend in Publishing The words you write could be published in a book, on a CD-ROM,...

Science Says Coffee is Good for You

February 25, 2015, Lifestyle Blog, Non-technical, Public Health, Science History, arabica, climate change, coffee, diabetes, health, 0

Coffee is Good for You Coffee has been one of the world’s most popular beverages for centuries. The first...

The benefits of a non-standard academic career

February 22, 2015, Editor Perspectives, Lifestyle Blog, Non-technical, Scientific Career, academic career, part-time academic position, tenure track, 0

The benefits of a non-standard academic career Years after obtaining their Ph.D., many people find themselves without a...