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What makes research excellent? Digging into the measures aimed at quantifying and promoting research excellence. In modern societies, scientific and technological (S&T) developments are generally regarded...

In the fall of 2006, I walked down Tahrir Square alone, after naively showing up to a protest that never took place. All I could muster was a look of silent disdain at the tens of security officers who showed...

Science engagement is a funny thing. Not “haha” funny, more “hmm, it’s eaten through the floor…” funny. On the one hand, science is often looked upon as being very much people in lab coats walled...

Increasing numbers of docs and postdocs follow a career path outside academia; they are not failures but successes in the eyes of employers across universities and businesses. Last year, almost 25,000 PhDs...

Earlier this month, Faith Kearns brought you the Art and Science of Waiting, which has become one of Hippo’s top posts in 2015. The post features the research of Kate Sweeny, an associate professor of...

“Married Couples Live Longer.” “Caffeine Could Impair Women’s Fertility.” “Walnuts Improve Reaction to Stress.” For centuries, academic research has worked to solve real world problems in...

As Allied troops stormed the beaches of Italy, a nurse and an anesthesiologist anxiously watched a wounded soldier.  He was in severe pain and on the verge of shock, but their supply of morphine had run...