What it looks like when I take myself on a date.

Imagine what it would feel like to be a fly, with most of your head covered in eyes, allowing you to see in pretty much any direction. That’s exactly what Axel Borst studies: motion vision in the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), one of the most widely studied species of fly. The behavioral model that has […]

Final exams can be stressful, but here are some tips that can help make exam season go smoothly: Get started now! Anxiety builds as you worry and do nothing. It may feel very difficult to get started, but you will feel immediate relief. Begin reviewing now. You need not wait until teachers hand out review [...]

Major changes are underway in the US and around the globe in the methods by which scientific and medical research findings and data sets are circulated among researchers and disseminated to the public. In a three-part expose on the subject of open access journals and data, the next few articles in my blog will examine the background and reasoning for these recent changes, detail the particular changes that will occur, and discuss the dramatic impact they may have on libraries... Read more

Last week, a Commerce Department official said that the administration’s long-awaited revisions to Category XV of the US Munitions List, which covers satellites and related components, would be published in draft form soon for public review. Those lists appeared as planned: Friday’s Federal Register includes both the draft revised Category XV list as well as [...]