When Jon Huss and his colleagues proposed a gene wiki on Wikipedia last month, they were following previous attempts to take advantage of collaborative technology and let researchers share information gleaned from their work.
In the current issue of Nature Genetics though, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-based researcher Robert Hoffman argues that scientists who write for wikis [...]

Tags: Esther Dyson, gene wiki, Robert Hoffman, WikiGenes, Wikipedia

Two years ago Stephen Colbert, host of the news-parody show, “The Colbert Report” coined the word “wikiality” to describe a reality defined by the majority.
“Nation, it’s time we used the power of our numbers for a real internet revolution,” Colbert told his audience. “Together we can create a reality that we can all agree on [...]

Tags: Britannica, gene wiki, Jon Huss, PLoS Biology, Stephen Colbert, Wikipedia