Science

Peer review is the gold standard for scientific work. Some people argue that the fact that an article has been peer-reviewed is what makes it scientific. I would not go that far. In my opinion, research is scientific because it is conducted according to scientific standards, not because someone else has read it. However, having peers review your work is a quality mechanism that ensures that others agree that those scientific standards have been met....

While looking for something totally different today, I stumbled upon an old press release about the European Union Contest for Young Scientists 2001. Ten year old press releases are usually not the most exciting to read, but this one brought up many good memories of a very busy week in my life. In 2001 the EU Contest was organized in Bergen, Norway, by a group of people from the Norwegian Association of Young Scientists and the Norwegian Foundation for Youth and Science (now Proscientia)....