Month: November 2013
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20 Tips for Analyzing Claims of a Scientific Study
This article was originally posted on RealClearScience. One of the big problems in science journalism is the tendency to hype scientific research. You’re familiar with the routine: A new study comes out on, say, how coffee might lead to a slight increase in a particular disease. Then, plastered all over the front pages of websites…
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European Journalists Choose Magic over Physics
Europe is a magical realm. The food is tastier, the people are sexier, and some parts of Poland don’t experience gravity. Wait, what?
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Science Is Broken. Can Better Statistics Help?
The scientific community should replace its 0.05 significance level with 0.005.
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Which Bacteria Decompose Your Bloated Body?
This experiment wasted two perfectly good corpses.
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Why You Should Never Mix Different Drain Cleaners
Drain cleaners aren’t created equal.