The Science News Cycle, as seen by PhD Comics. (It’s so true!!)
>> Latest on the Simon Singh case is that he has until 8 June to appeal the High Court verdict and carry on fighting, possibly to the European Courts. A support event was held on the 18 May in a London pub, with several [...]
Another week, another science faux pas by the hacks. New Scientist’s blog reports how a casual mention of geoengineering by John Holdren, President Obama’s chief scientific adviser, got blown all out of proportion. Sigh.
David Bradley over at ScienceBase has posted a list of ten writing tips for scientists, several of which are worth science writers [...]
The evolution of science journalism is discussed in this account of a session hosted by the Columbia Biological Society and Columbia Science Review in New York. Scientist bloggers vs. professional reporters is again the focus. With adults seeking out their information from more specialist source, an interesting point is whether science journalists would increasingly concentrate [...]