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- A massive LEGO homage to Logan's Run, if there was ever an intersection of my interests...http://flic.kr/p/8xAYaT 6 hours ago
- Oh, for ****'s sake. RT @newswise: Another oil rig in gulf of Mexico has exploded, ap reports 17 hours ago
- The Scientist on how researchers may trust reporters. I'm going to nail copies of this up all over the Institute: http://bit.ly/9LBEcg 2010/09/01
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Flacks exaggerate importance of medical research
I missed this earlier and, at the risk of getting myself into trouble, I’d like to say a few words. Ben Goldacre in The Guardian turned his eye toward a recent study about the quality of press releases from major … Continue reading
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Tagged flacks, PR, press releases, science news
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Man, these viral movie promotions are going too far…
Robot attacked Swedish factory worker – The Local. The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in BĂ„lsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to … Continue reading
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Fruitflies like the wind, time flies like a banana…
Stop. Wait, reverse that. OK… Another neat Eurekalert! feed story, one that offers tips for catching flies: Caltech scientists discover mechanism for wind detection in fruit flies Tiny, lightweight fruit flies need to know when it’s windy out so they … Continue reading
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Two Studies on Vitamin D and Adolescents…take them together? (with a little water)
Below are two items I just gleaned from my Eurekalert! RSS feed, and they seem to fit together nicely: 1) One in seven US teens is vitamin D deficient One in seven American adolescents is vitamin D deficient, according to … Continue reading
And Louie, Louie Gets Me Hot Just Thinking about It
Interesting press release in my morning Eurekalert! feed In an article published in the April 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers found that teenagers who preferred popular songs with degrading sexual references were more likely to … Continue reading
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Tagged Borg, music, science
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Eggs are awesome, says new scientific report from the egg board
Okay, its published in an actual journal — here’s the press release on Eurekalert! — and they do provide handy references to their claims…but it doesn’t mean I don’t think their enthusiasm is a little suspicious… A research review published … Continue reading
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Hyping the holographic universe
I write press releases for a living, I’m afraid. And, over the last decade, I figure I must have written nearly 1,000 of them (if you count tipsheets, which I am for the purpose of generating a nice round number). … Continue reading
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Tagged astrophysics, holographic universe, press releases
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What couldn’t giant rockets revolutionize?
Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy, is the headline of a NASA press release (check the link, if you don’t believe me, I wouldn’t lie about this) to which my inner, early-morning snarkbot says “well, duh.” Giant rockets could revolutionize lots … Continue reading
This would be great for teeny, tiny superheroes
In a recent Nature paper, Harvard engineers describe how to levitate microscopic objects using the Casimir effect. Of course, if you read the headline to the Tech Herald piece (first link), you’d think they’ve already done it. Need to find … Continue reading
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A Very Necessary Primer on How to Read Health Science Studies Or, at Least, Reports On Health Science Studies
…in the New York Times today. I like the lede here, comparing how scientists view their own research versus, oh, say, Frankie Avalon shilling for vitamin supplements: Then came three large, rigorous clinical trials that randomly assigned people to take … Continue reading
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