Category Archives: science reporting

Monday, 23 April 2012

Posted on 23 April 2012 by Robert Bruce Thompson

07:38 – Back to heads-down work on the forensics book. 10:02 – Wow. The government’s bogus inflation numbers continue to surprise me. I originally wrote the text for this forensics book back in late 2008 and early 2009. I was … Continue reading →

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Monday, 22 August 2011

Posted on 22 August 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

10:11 – The Euro continues to stagger toward its inevitable collapse. Finland, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Holland have now essentially pulled out of the second Greek bailout, calling into question whether Greece will ever see those funds. Other EU nations, … Continue reading →

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A day in the life

Posted on 7 July 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

Here’s a wonderful post from Abbie Smith, AKA ERV. You probably need to be a working scientist to appreciate it fully, but Abbie gives a great description of her working day as a grad student down in the pits of … Continue reading →

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Death of SciBlogs

Posted on 6 July 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

Yesterday, PZ Myers announced the death of SciBlogs. No surprise there. SciBlogs has always been fragile. It nearly collapsed a year ago, with the “PepsiGate scandal”, when many of its most popular bloggers left to go elsewhere. Fortunately for SciBlogs, … Continue reading →

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Rinderpest is no more

Posted on 29 June 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

The New York Times reports that, for only the second time in history, humans have eradicated a disease in the wild. The first one, of course, was smallpox, which now exists only in a few government laboratories. This one is … Continue reading →

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Figures lie and liars figure

Posted on 27 June 2011 by Robert Bruce Thompson

Most of us frequently read mainstream media “science news” articles that make startling assertions about this or that. And, with very few exceptions, the assertions made in those articles are not supported by data included in the article, nor even … Continue reading →

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