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Second life
Nature advocacy groups like the World Wildlife Fund have learned that the best way to secure a donation is to highlight the threat of extinction, a very valid cause, but sometimes their numbers simply don’t add up.. - Methane on Mars. Does that mean… life?
Methane detected on Mars has already caused a sensation amongst alien enthusiasts around the world—but not all astro-biologists agree that life on mars is a sure thing just yet. - CNN is spun right round, baby, right round
What happens when you axe a science journalism department? A complete evaporation of any former credibility. - Mission Accomplished
After 8 years of destructive science policy America finds itself one week away from restoring science to its rightful place. Yet, as Chris Mooney reflects, will a new administration be enough? Or, will it take a cultural revolution to jump start the next scientific revolution? - A New Kind of Big Science
One of the most disappointing things to happen in the new year is the disappearance of Olivia Judson’s column as she takes a year long sabbatical. Luckily for us, she has scheduled guest scientists to fill in her weekly column while she is away with biologist Aaron Hirsh getting it started in his piece about the limits of Big Science and a call for “citizen science”.
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Can Obama heal the wounds caused by the 8 year long war on science?, debate rages on whether smelly gas on Mars indicates life, CNN’s axing of their science journalism department has already taken its toll on their credibility, a call for “citizen science” to act as additional observers in large scale scientific pursuits…
