My daily selection of the most interesting news on the internets:
- Wellcome Funds Pan-African Research Consortia – The Wellcome Trust is pouring nearly $50 million into bolstering research capacity in Africa. On Thursday, the U.K. biomedical research charity announced seven pan-African research partnerships, involving more than 50 universities and research institutions, as part of a ?30 million pound ($49.4 million) initiative.
- Creative destruction – Some see the financial catastrophe as the kind of crisis economist Joseph Schumpeter prescribed to kick start a new cycle. But conditions may not be right for an innovation-led boom, believes Sami Mahroum.
- What Is a Master’s Degree Worth? – How do students know if an M.A. is worth it or not? What degrees might be worth getting, and which are not? How does a student weigh the risks and benefits of taking that intermediate step in higher education?
- Beware scientific fundamentalism – Science journalists should aim to be "informed critics" of science, supporting its values but wary of backing everything said in its name.
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