SciVee

While it seems that almost every new web enterprise ends up being compared to YouTube one way or another, the analogy is too fitting to avoid in this case. SciVee is the YouTube for scientists. The site lets published scientists upload video presentations, or "Pubcasts," to accompany and introduce their peer-reviewed articles, hopefully allowing them to reach a broader audience, attract more attention to their research, and invite discussion from their peers. Anyone who wishes to do so can log on for free and watch scientists explain their research on topics like "Temporal Dynamics of European Bat Type I and Survival of Myotis Bats in Natural Colonies," or "Homogenization of northern U.S. Great Lakes forests due to land use." SciVee's creators hope that in addition to facilitating communication within the academic community, these video presentations will also help to make the latest research accessible to those outside academia who are nonetheless interested in science. SciVee is a slight departure from our usual subject matter in that it is the creation of a team of science professors, rather than students or young entrepreneurs. However, the site is clearly so intertwined with the college community that we couldn't ignore it. SciVee was founded by Philip E. Bourne, a professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego, and Leo M. Chalupa, a professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology at UC Davis.Continue Reading...