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November 28, 2023
The Paperwork Reduction Act Is Terrible, and We Should Eliminate or Reform It

by Stuart Buck The Paperwork Reduction Act sounds boring and tedious, but it’s actually quite fascinating: it […]

November 3, 2023
ILLIAC IV and the Connection Machine: DARPA’s varied approaches to developing early parallel computers

By Eric Gilliam This piece is a part of a FreakTakes series. The goal is to put […]

October 31, 2023
Comments on Draft NIH Scientific Integrity Policy

The NIH recently asked for public comments on a draft Scientific Integrity Policy (You can still submit comments here by Nov. […]

October 26, 2023
Comments on NIH Reform for Sen. Cassidy

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a prominent member of the committee that regulates NIH, recently issued a […]

October 21, 2023
Reflections on the Senate Hearing on the NIH Director Nomination

Earlier today, the Senate HELP Committee at long last held a hearing on the nomination of Monica […]

Journals That Ban Replications–Are They Serious Scholarly Outlets At All?

My friend Vinay Prasad let me publish this as a guest piece in his newsletter today. Reprinting it here: […]