Science Libraries

Making science a blast again

6 Feb 2012

IT was reported that the Education Ministry would look into the reasons for students’ interest in Science having waned and find ways to reverse it ( The Sta r, Feb 3). It is indeed disturbing and worrying that our students are losing interest in studying Science in school.

Academics Revolt Against Elsevier's Journal Pricing

6 Feb 2012

Academics are staging a mini-revolt against science and medical journal publisher Elsevier’s terms, and analysts fear the movement could hit parent Reed Elsevier.

102 Essential Science Fiction Books for Your Kindle

5 Feb 2012

Last year NPR put out a list of the top 100 science fiction and fantasy novels as voted on by their listeners. Such lists can be helpful for keeping up with the current zeitgeist of a genre (or in their case, genres). However, lists voted on by the public tend to severely underestimate the influence of older [...]