Simon Singh (Image credit: Flickr/diamondgeyser)
Unless you’ve had your head in the sand, the big news in the science communication world is Simon Singh losing his recent libel case with the British Chiropractic Association, which could have major implications for all science journalists looking to fight pseudoscience. A selection of coverage:
>> Guardian
>> Nature
>> New Scientist
>> The Economist
This was still a week late though. The case broke first on Twitter and on lawyer JackofKent’s blog (still the best source for up to the minute news).
Elsewhere in the world of scicom:
>> Science dominates the Samuel Johnson Prize longlist. Ben Goldacre and Steve Jones amongst those nominated
>> Don’t shoot the scientists! Tom Sheldon of the Science Media Centre says any hyperbole about swine flu was created by the media, not by virologists.
>> The Truth About Lying. Do fleeting changes of facial expression show whether someone is telling lies? Psychologist Paul Ekman has been studying microexpressions for over 40 years and now has a US TV drama based on his work, starring Tim Roth!
>> What I think about when I think about manuscripts. Nature manuscript editor Henry Gee gives a hilarious account of the challenges and frustrations involved in reviewing manuscripts for one of the world’s most prestigious science journals.
>> Escape Swine Flu obsession with a good science magazine. Baltimore Science News Examiner Mary Spiro lists her favourite sources for science news
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