Merck Publishes Fake Peer-Reviewed Journal

Merck Publishes Fake Peer-Reviewed Journal

According to The Scientist,  Merck paid Elsevier to publish Merck's own "peer-reviewed" fan-zine, Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, in 2003.  Its articles don't show up in…
Engineering Biology Step By Step

Engineering Biology Step By Step

Engineering A Biological Pulse Generator I've got my issues with synthetic biology. Either synthetic biologists do something trivial dressed up in elaborate engineering language, or they achieve…
Jupiter Ignites!

Jupiter Ignites!

While I was napping, Jupiter became a 2nd sun. Although it was observed in January by STEREO, we forgot to tell people. Or perhaps we were hiding the truth. Also, it was so well covered on YouTube…