Bioessays

I came across the journal "Bioessays" while reading up on Steve Oliver's papers. The paper of his that I read is called "Here is the evidence, now what is the hypothesis? The complementary roles of inductive and hypothesis-driven science in the post-genomic era" - although you'll need a subscription, or access to a subscription, to get hold of it. It's an interesting piece about the philosophy of science in the age of Systems Biology, something that we just don't get exposed to in undergrad courses. It introduces the difference between inductive and deductive based investigations, and motivated me to get out and read some scientific philosophy - something which I was surprised to find Dad had a lot of.
Another interesting article, which is freely available, also deals with the philosophical aspects of post-genomic science. The author makes the interesting point that most scientists rarely consider philosophy important in science beyond ethical concerns, something of which I know I am guilty. It's very easy to get caught in a myopic view in science, reading only literature relevant to my day-to-day work (in fact, I probably don't read as much as I could), but Bioessays delivers bite-sized articles that are both interesting and relevant. There are quite a few more freely available pdf's as well.