Science

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General

See also Being#Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc

Philosophico-Scientific Adventures | by Bryan W. Roberts

In Our Time - Baconian Science - BBC Sounds - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_theory

Theorists with a Swamp, not a Theory | Not Even Wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branches_of_science - also referred to as sciences, scientific fields or scientific disciplines, are commonly divided into three major groups: Formal sciences: the study of formal systems, such as those under the branches of logic and mathematics, which use an a priori, as opposed to empirical, methodology. Natural sciences: the study of natural phenomena (including cosmological, geological, physical, chemical, and biological factors of the universe). Natural science can be divided into two main branches: physical science and life science (or biology). Social sciences: the study of human behavior in its social and cultural aspects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_physical_science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_space_science

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_sciences

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translational_medicine - often called translational science, of which it is a form) develops the clinical practice applications of the basic science aspects of the biomedical sciences; that is, it translates basic science to applied science in medical practice. It is defined by the European Society for Translational Medicine as "an interdisciplinary branch of the biomedical field supported by three main pillars: benchside, bedside, and community". The goal of translational medicine is to combine disciplines, resources, expertise, and techniques within these pillars to promote enhancements in prevention, diagnosis, and therapies. Accordingly, translational medicine is a highly interdisciplinary field, the primary goal of which is to coalesce assets of various natures within the individual pillars in order to improve the global healthcare system significantly.

http://serious-science.org/ [1]

http://www.nature.com/news/the-top-100-papers-1.16224 [2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub - see Education for more

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_merit - a quantity used to characterize the performance of a device, system or method, relative to its alternatives.

Computer Scientists on the Internet - contains a set of tools for those who want to play with computer scientists bibliographies. It includes a set of tools such that: distance computation between authors in computer science. displays the comprehensive bibliography of any computer science author. provides an easy to use API allowing integration on another website. a lot more to come...

Everyday Scientist » Replace Peer Review with “Peer Replication” - Instead of sending out a manuscript to anonymous referees to read and review, preprints should be sent to other labs to actually replicate the findings. Once the key findings are replicated, the manuscript would be accepted and published. [3]

Cute

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFC4EE4355ADEBDB1 - melodysheep - symphony of science

News

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/

http://www.openscience.org/

http://www.crispian.net/CrispiansScienceMap.html

Software

http://www.cabrillo.edu/~dbrown/tracker/

http://www.nature.com/news/stat-checking-software-stirs-up-psychology-1.21049

https://brilliant.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_information_management_system - sometimes referred to as a laboratory information system (LIS) or laboratory management system (LMS), is a software-based solution with features that support a modern laboratory's operations. Key features include—but are not limited to—workflow and data tracking support, flexible architecture, and data exchange interfaces, which fully "support its use in regulated environments". The features and uses of a LIMS have evolved over the years from simple sample tracking to an enterprise resource planning tool that manages multiple aspects of laboratory informatics. There is no useful definition of the term "LIMS" as it is used to encompass a number of different laboratory informatics components. The spread and depth of these components is highly dependent on the LIMS implementation itself. All LIMSs have a workflow component and some summary data management facilities but beyond that there are significant differences in functionality.

Historically the LIMS, LIS, and process development execution system (PDES) have all performed similar functions. The term "LIMS" has tended to refer to informatics systems targeted for environmental, research, or commercial analysis such as pharmaceutical or petrochemical work. "LIS" has tended to refer to laboratory informatics systems in the forensics and clinical markets, which often required special case management tools. "PDES" has generally applied to a wider scope, including, for example, virtual manufacturing techniques, while not necessarily integrating with laboratory equipment. In recent times LIMS functionality has spread even further beyond its original purpose of sample management. Assay data management, data mining, data analysis, and electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) integration have been added to many LIMS, enabling the realization of translational medicine completely within a single software solution. Additionally, the distinction between LIMS and LIS has blurred, as many LIMS now also fully support comprehensive case-centric clinical data.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_laboratory_notebook_software_packages - also known as electronic laboratory notebook, or ELN) is a computer program designed to replace paper laboratory notebooks. Lab notebooks in general are used by scientists, engineers, and technicians to document research, experiments, and procedures performed in a laboratory. A lab notebook is often maintained to be a legal document and may be used in a court of law as evidence. Similar to an inventor's notebook, the lab notebook is also often referred to in patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation. Electronic lab notebooks are a fairly new technology and offer many benefits to the user as well as organizations. For example: electronic lab notebooks are easier to search upon, simplify data copying and backups, and support collaboration amongst many users. ELNs can have fine-grained access controls, and can be more secure than their paper counterparts. They also allow the direct incorporation of data from instruments, replacing the practice of printing out data to be stapled into a paper notebook. This is a list of ELN software packages. It is incomplete, as a recent review listed 96 active & 76 inactive (172 total) ELN products. Notably, this review and other lists of ELN software often do not include widely used generic notetaking software like Onenote, Notion, Jupyter etc, due to their lack ELN nominal features like time-stamping and append-only editing. Some ELNs are web-based; others are used on premise and a few are available for both environments.