Five questions to ask experts when you’re evaluating scientific research for a news story. They come from the excellent Desk Guide for Covering Science, which is published by the Science Media Centre New Zealand and free to download. How does this study compare with others that have come before? How does it add to or […]
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After 69-year wait, tar pitch drop finally caught on camera
Hurrah! After 69 years, one of the longest-running laboratory investigations in the world has finally captured the fall of a drop of tar pitch on camera for the first time. A similar, better-known and older experiment in Australia missed filming its latest drop in 2000 because the camera was offline at the time. Read more […]
Science: if you don’t make mistakes you’re doing it wrong
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Ben Goldacre on Bad Science in the media
Bad Science blogger Ben Goldacre talks about science coverage in the media and in the blogosphere.