The Citation Format: Now that we have a few blogs to read, it is time to properly cite their posts. There are standard formats for citing a blog i n MLA and Chicago Style, which can easily be ...

Many good ideas that might be of public benefit are cloistered away. In this 32-page collection, Steven Pinker and other writing experts describe what’s wrong with academic prose and practical ...

Writing for the public is a great way to improve academic writing, to think more clearly about one's own scientific problems, and to ensure that research matters. Psychology Today Find a Therapist ...

Economics has taken to the blog format like no other discipline, and some of the biggest and most important policy arguments of the financial crisis got hashed out on the blogs rather than in the ...

Academic language wasn’t always rigorous – and it led to people hugging trees to cure their illnesses. Academic writing can be boring – but there are good reasons for that Home ...

But this is not an unhappy accident. There’s a good reason for it that goes back centuries – and it also explains why you’re not hugging trees to cure your illnesses. The necessity of rigorous if ...