Virginia Heffernan bashes science blogs, and science blogs bash back. Ignorance is no excuse. Is Virginia Heffernan our target audience? Press power proves more than skin deep. Information still wants to be free. The future of online science writing.
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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is pilloried but pushes back. Gene regulation, pro and con. Why cystic fibrosis is not a WASP disease and other genetic errors.
Women get HIV protection. What is an embargo break anyway? Tony Fauci explains the HIV gel. The climate for climate. Studying behavior is hard, but changing behavior is really hard. Frans de Waal explains that primates are excellent at conflict resolution.
The fate of sea turtles, the fate of Avandia, the fate of long-form science writing, the fate of the Pepsi challenge to bloggers, science is no joke.
Science bloggers take the Pepsi challenge — and win. Some journos leave ScienceBlogs over corporate blog, some scientists stay, PepsiCo becomes an ex-blogger, and ScienceBlogs management starts a blog of its own.
Sea turtles dispersed, dispersants disputed, health effects discussed, space policy dissed. Plus dispensing with digital Babel.
Oil covers animals, journalists, EPA, scientists, and Florida. We're Number 1 in health care! Is blogging the future of science writing?
Exoplanets aplenty, Kepler says, and some may be Earthlike. That female sex drug moves neither the Earth nor the FDA. BP's oil spill, mental health, and Congress.
Virtual meetings. Writing about health care reform, Chapter 1. Evidence-based medicine. Conflict of interest. Medical Web 2.0, Whee!