Technology Editor : New York, NY, United States Nature Methods and Nature require an editor to write, commission and edit content about research technologies. Both journals produce regular coverage of innovations in techniques used in cutting-edge research, while also surveying the landscape of suppliers of those technologies. The Technology Editor will be responsible to the Chief Editors of Nature Methods and Nature for the delivery of that content. He/she will also take an active part in the development of new projects involving scientific journalism. Applicants should have a good scientific background and experience in writing and editing for scientific audiences. Holding a scientific degree is a plus. They should be familiar with state-of-the-art technologies that facilitate research in the life sciences and have a demonstrable ... Continue reading →

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if you want to earn some extra cash, then there are few more satisfying - and addictive - ways than "mining gold" in a make-believe world, says Tom Chatfield. I’ve only ever deleted one game from my computer because I was playing it too much, and that’s Diablo 2. It was the early 2000s. I was supposed to be writing a thesis, but instead I found that I was pouring my evenings and then my nights into exploring virtual dungeons in search – and this was the root of its grip – of better and better equipment for my in-game character.The deeper into the game you got, the more powerful the items became. Each foe you vanquished – and I hacked and slashed my way ... Continue reading →

News | Energy & Sustainability Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return? Although there is an urban legend that the world will end this year based on a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar, some researchers think a 40-year-old computer program that predicts a collapse of socioeconomic order and massive drop in human population in this century may be on target By Madhusree Mukerjee | May 23, 2012 Image: flickr/Alexey Kudenko Remember how Wile E. Coyote, in his obsessive pursuit of the Road Runner, would fall off a cliff? The hapless predator ran straight out off the edge, stopped in midair as only an animated character could, looked beneath him in an eye-popping moment of truth, and plummeted straight down into a ... Continue reading →

News | Energy & Sustainability Apocalypse Soon: Has Civilization Passed the Environmental Point of No Return? Although there is an urban legend that the world will end this year based on a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar, some researchers think a 40-year-old computer program that predicts a collapse of socioeconomic order and massive drop in human population in this century may be on target By Madhusree Mukerjee | May 23, 2012 | 52 Image: flickr/Alexey Kudenko Remember how Wile E. Coyote, in his obsessive pursuit of the Road Runner, would fall off a cliff? The hapless predator ran straight out off the edge, stopped in midair as only an animated character could, looked beneath him in an eye-popping moment of truth, and plummeted straight down ... Continue reading →