Science

#greenfieldisms: Can a hashtag change science?

Usually when a scientist’s theory turns out to be false, people don’t hear much about it. But a debate prompted by a simple hashtag may be changing that.

On Aug 9, 2011 by Lauren Rae Orsini

In the name of science — give me a break!

Reddit’s altruistic scientists need a break.

On Jul 22, 2011 by [email protected]

4chan word cloud is shocking, scientific

Taking 5,576,095 random posts from the unmoderated, anonymous free-for-all known simply as “/b/” — one of several forums which comprise the imageboard 4chan — Andres Monroy-Hernandez and his research associates at MIT created a word picture to illustrate what posters to /b/ talk about the most. 

On Jul 20, 2011 by Sadie Harrison