Category: Science Journals & Journalism
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The New York Times Should Seriously Consider Not Writing About Science Anymore
Either do it right, or don’t do it at all.
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Chris Matthews’ Sick Obsession with Racism
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Is there extraordinary evidence to conclude that today’s Republican Party is motivated primarily by racism? No.
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Net Neutrality: Obamacare for the Internet?
This article was originally posted on RealClearScience. Fox News is in a tizzy over net neutrality. (This topic has been covered extensively in the technology press; see the archive at RealClearTechnology.) In a nutshell, net neutralityrequires internet service providers (ISPs, such as Comcast, Cox, and Verizon) to treat all data equally. An ISP would not…
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The Nastiest Hate Mail We Have Ever Received
If there is anything to be learned from internet communication, let it be this: Regardless if you are emailing a friend, a bitter enemy, or even a lowly journalist, always remember that there is a human being on the other side of the computer screen.
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Phil Plait’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
This article was originally published on RealClearScience. The Apocalypse is here. Science writer Phil Plait’s worst nightmare came true. The Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate. What can we expect to happen? In Plait’s words, the Republicans will “put a cohort of science-deniers [sic] into positions of authority,” which “quite literally affects the future…
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How to Make Scientists Publish the Truth
This article was originally published on RealClearScience. John Ioannidis is (in)famous in the scientific community. Using straightforward logic and statistics, he convincingly demonstrated that most published research articles are wrong. This is not because scientists are liars and crooks, but because studies often do not have large enough sample sizes or are testing unlikely hypotheses.…
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Changing the World, One Tweet at a Time
This article was originally posted on RealClearScience. It is easy for journalists to succumb to the notion that we make very little difference in this world. According to Pew, only 28% of Americans believe journalists contribute “a lot” to society, while 27% believe journalists contribute “not very much” or “nothing at all.” And aGallup poll…
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What RealClearScience Is For and Against
We are not wedded to any of these conclusions. If the data changes, so too will our opinion!
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Outbreak of Political Correctness in Science Media
Unfortunately, political correctness is a disease with no cure.
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Costco ‘Teaches the Controversy’ over GMOs
Some 75% of the food in the grocery store contains at least one genetically modified ingredient. That includes the food at Costco.