Why Use a Hook When You Can Use a Shotgun?
Several years ago while I was visiting Hong Kong, I came across a beautiful lake with a ‘No Fishing’ sign. It had a picture of a fishing pole with a…
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Scientific Misconduct – The High Cost of Competition
It ought to be an oxymoron. After all, researchers are expected to be scrupulous in their application of the scientific method to the question at hand. According to NSF’s Science…
Being Human and Considering the Role of Human Trials
The use of an experimental drug to treat a handful of health care and ministry workers infected with the Ebola virus may have attracted more press attention than the outbreak…
When is a Giraffe merely a Giraffe?
University Research & Economic Growth I recently ran across an article that stopped me in my tracks with this statement: A United Nations report on Asian higher education has questioned the…
It Doesn’t Just Run Downhill
It runs sideways too We all know the expression that waste runs down hill but I can attest that it runs sideways too… The other day I woke up to a…
Nothing Attracts Our Attention Like Blood
Several recent articles called my attention to a story out of the United Kingdom. Just over 30 years ago, a researcher named Ian Shanks produced a report on “new opportunities…
The Great Animal Migration
Why did the chicken cross the road? Why is there a mouse in my house? Where did the sheep go on vacation? Have you ever pondered these important questions? Most…
Reefer and Research Administration
The word should have been “Reaper” not “Reefer”. I realized this faux pas the other day when I was in a GoToMeeting session and we were having a very lively…
House of Cards – Bad for the Greater Good?
I have spent more than half of my professional career, which is now closing out a second decade, emphasizing the importance of academic technology transfer. You might assume then, that…
Challenge Prizes – The Future of Research Funding?
The XPRIZE Phenomenon Many will recall the $10 million Ansari XPRIZE offered to the team that could get a commercial vehicle into space, which was won in 2004. Today, the…