Joseph Esposito
Management consultant for the publishing and software industries. Work primarily with strategy for digital media. For-profit and not-for-profit clients.
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The idea that sperm race to the egg is just another macho myth – Robert D Martin | Aeon Essays
The idea that millions of sperm are on an Olympian race to reach the egg is yet another male fantasy of human reproduction
Joseph Esposito
The idea that sperm race to the egg is just another macho myth – aeon.co/essays/the-ide… via @aeonmag
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The First Read and Publish Deal with California: An Interview with Cambridge University Press
An interview with Cambridge University PRess's Mandy Hill & Chris Bennett about their new Read & Publish deal with the University of California.
Joseph Esposito
Today, @rschon interviews @CUPAcademic's Mandy Hill & Chris Bennett about their new Read & Publish deal with the University of California, likely the largest to date in North America. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/04/22/rea… via @rschon
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Brazil slashes funding to scientists. The planet may suffer.
The country’s controversial president is cutting funding for research and academia, putting natural wonders like the Amazon at greater risk, critics say.
The science behind the human urge to tell stories
Although it has been more than 60 years since Ernst Gombrich delivered his Mellon lectures on art and illusion – the title of his subsequent bestselling book – the application of empirical thinking to works of culture or creativity is still...
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
Public schools in Kansas rolled out a web-based learning platform backed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Now students have staged walkouts and sit-ins. Their parents have organized.
You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep—and It’s Killing You
At TED 2019, neuroscientist Matthew Walker argued that sleep deprivation is having a catastrophic effect on our health and safety—here are all the ways.
Joseph Esposito
You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep—and It’s Killing You wired.com/story/youre-no… via @WIRED
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Inches Closer to Making Hyperloop a Reality
The company filed a sprawling environmental report for the Loop, a proposed network of tunnels that would move people from Baltimore to Washington in 15 minutes.
Joseph Esposito
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Inches Closer to Making Hyperloop a Reality wired.com/story/elon-mus… via @WIRED
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Oak Beams and Planning for the Long Term
In our day to day lives as publishers, we too often lose track of the long term. A University of Oxford plan provides a stellar example of how to think about the far future.
Joseph Esposito
Oak Beams and Planning for the Long Term scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/04/19/oak… via @scholarlykitchn
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U.S. Refused His Visa Eight Times. Now Zoom CEO Is a Billionaire
After hearing Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates give a speech about the internet three decades ago, Eric Yuan decided he wanted to become part of the Silicon Valley dot-com boom.
Joseph Esposito
This tech entrepreneur was refused a U.S. visa eight times. Now he's a billionaire bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology
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A Genius First-of-Its-Kind Device Has Created Electricity From Snowfall
Scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind device that generates electricity from nothing other than the natural phenomenon of snowfall.
Joseph Esposito
Generating electricity through snowfall; to be integrated into solar panels in due course
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Jump-starting the economy with science
In a new book, MIT professors say more public investment in science will create a better economy for all.
Can science writing be automated?
A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary.
How the open access model hurts academics in poorer countries
Publication costs can eat into whatever precious grant funding researchers get.
The Problem with Ebook Piracy Spam
Ebook piracy is a serious problem, however, more and more authors are getting bit by ebook spam, which makes it look like their book can be easily pirated.
Challenges and Opportunities in Pre-published Research
Sharing and evaluating early stage research findings can be challenging, but that's starting to change. Learn more in this guest post by Sami Benchekroun and Michelle Kuepper of Morressier
Joseph Esposito
Challenges and Opportunities in Pre-published Research scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/04/17/cha… via @scholarlykitchn
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Mush, Spot, Mush!
It only takes 10 Spotpower (SP) to haul a truck across the Boston Dynamics parking lot (~1 degree uphill, truck in neutral). These Spot robots are coming off...
Stanford says its researchers did not help Chinese biologist who gene-edited babies
Internal investigation releases conclusions, after story highlights role of bioengineer Stephen Quake
Joseph Esposito
Stanford says its researchers did not help Chinese biologist who gene-edited babies
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UNC Press Receives NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Program Grant
The University of North Carolina Press recieves a Humanities Open Book Program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation to reissue works from the UNC Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures series.
Research Universities Need to Improve Their Teaching. But More Money Won't Help, a Philosopher Says.
The professor describes his provocative new paper and the feedback his ideas have already elicited.
Joseph Esposito
Research Universities Need to Improve Their Teaching. But More Money Won’t Help, a Philosopher Says. - The Chronicle of Higher Education
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