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Week 20: 4th March 2010
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Week 16: 4th February 2010

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From Science Spinning by Seán Duke:

Week 16: 4th February 2010

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Week 15: 21st January 2010
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Week 19: 25th February 2010
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From Mary Mulvihill:
Should reviewers in science remain anonymous?  In peer-reviewing papers?  What about reviewing grant applications?
This year marks the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Society in London and, with that, arguably, the start of the modern scientific establishment, including the principle of peer review.
Yet, thanks to the ‘climate gate’ e-mail controversy [...]

From Mary Mulvihill:
There are many reasons for studying mathematics, at school and college.  Everyday practical use being a big one, or maybe just the sheer joy of the logic, if you’re that way inclined. (And later, a fascinating TED talk about what we can learn from health statistics.)
But here’s another good reason: because, in [...]

From Claire O’Connell:
I have been in rather grumpy form the last few days.
Something has been bothering me enormously, and when I went to research it on the Internet I found a swathe of sites scaremongering and delivering half-truths and assumptions.
When I spoke to people who actually know about the issue, I was somewhat reassured. [...]

From Science Line: The pharmaceutical industry’s great giveaway to the people of Ireland is not quite as generous as it has successfully managed to spin.
Although the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) claims to have cut the cost of 300 drugs by 40 per cent, the lobby group has displayed all the cunning of a sheep [...]

From Science Spinning by Seán Duke:

Week 12: 24th December ‘09
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