10 Discoveries In 10 Minutes

10 Discoveries In 10 Minutes

Here are the top ten science headlines ripped, raw and bleeding, from this month's huge AAAS uber-science meeting. The National Association of Science Writers sponsored 10 undergraduate science…
Pitfalls Of Science Journalism

Pitfalls Of Science Journalism

Pitfalls Of Science Journalism How do we fix it so that journalists can again be the 'trusted guides' they used to be? If you are going to write about science and want the public to trust what you…
The Third Player Hypothesis

The Third Player Hypothesis

The Third Player Hypothesis Ever since our first ancestor had enough brain cells to ponder something more than the flavor of roast dinosaur, we have pondered over the why of our world: the real…
UK Libel Law Reform - A First Step

UK Libel Law Reform - A First Step

UK Libel Law Reform - A First Step A UK Parliamentary committee has today 24 February 2010 published online its report on press standards, privacy and libel. The committee's conclusions will give…
Judge Judge Judges Judgement

Judge Judge Judges Judgement

Judge Judge Judges Judgement Today, 23 Feb 2010, a high court judge named Lord Judge has just judged the meanings of some terms used in a previous judgement in a lower court, during a pre-trial…
Could a Lawsuit Shut Down the LHC at CERN?

Could a Lawsuit Shut Down the LHC at CERN?

An article has just been published at New Scientist claiming that if repeated attempts at lawsuits against the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) were to continue, then a judge may well have to decide on…
How To Sell A Broken Hockey Stick

How To Sell A Broken Hockey Stick

How to sell a broken hockey stick If there exists a scientist who can prove to the satisfaction of the world's leaders that global warming - anthropogenic or not - is a myth, he or she will get a…
Multiple Personality Social Media

Multiple Personality Social Media

For those who have not entered the world of Twitter, it is hard to fathom why people feel compelled to stream their lives to strangers 140 characters at a time. And such non-Twitter folk are also…
Blogging The 2010 AAAS Day Three

Blogging The 2010 AAAS Day Three

Day two and day one if you need to catch up. One great thing about being at a conference on a press pass is people want to buy you food. You can literally go the entire day without buying anything…