Science & Society

Death By Fraud Jim McCormick has been charged with fraud over his sales of a totally bogus explosives detection device, as reported in my earlier post  here.  I was beaten to the punch in…

Today Grant Barrett, co-host of Public Radio’s A Way with Words, complained, “Wikipedia is not reliable. There are times when I’ve entered information into a page, gone back later, and found someone…

Games Don't Cause Rickets In the latest bad science reporting saga, many media reports are saying that scientists have said that gaming causes rickets.  Just do a Google search for "games +…

UK Ban On Explosives Detector Exports The ADE 651 is a lump of plastic with a wobbly telescopic antenna attached.  It is claimed by its manufacturers to be able to detect many things and…

Science : It's More Than Just Words Science, like law and many another discipline is widely noted for its jargon.  I love jargon because I love language.  I love language because I was…

Based on a survey of UK science journalists and 52 in-depth interviews with specialist reporters and senior editors in the national news media, researchers from the Cardiff School of Journalism,…

Malnutrition higher in children born to child brides - Infants born to child brides in India (married before the age of 18) have a higher risk of malnutrition than children born to older mothers,…

As expected, this last round of information that corrected an error regarding the demise of the Himalayan Glaciers is now being touted as the latest evidence of the lies surrounding global warming.…

At the start of every work day, I browse a short list of online resources to get a fresh sample of the happenings and themes active around my universe (meaning my particular, teeny-tiny subset of the…

I'm up in Ann Arbor, doing a little mathematical modeling of gene regulation here at the U. of Michigan. On my way to find some Chinese food, I stumbled upon an amazing book store called Dawn Treader…