There is an increasing trend within science: companies or organizations that aim to accelerate science itself. Science can only progress if you can navigate its rapidly growing landscape, measure it properly, or even share data. Happily, there are a lot of startups and non-profits that are stepping into this niche and working to make science work better. And from Mendeley to Academia.edu to total-impact, what is happening in this space is great. Essentially, these meta-science companies aim to act as catalysts for scientific discovery. For a good overview of many of these, check out this discussion on Quora (as well as here).

One of the newest in this lineup is Sciencescape. Sciencescape is a cool startup that aims to expose the landscape of scientific progress and discovery (disclosure: I am advising them). And they just released a video that provides an overview of what Sciencescape is all about:

So get excited about Sciencescape, and go explore all the other companies that are working in this space. Or better yet, start one yourself.