#popular science
# science
When science, the media, and short-sighted metrics meet, the end result is often long on flash and short on facts.
# science
A longform article on GMOs in Elle demonstrates why you really shouldn't be getting your scientific advice from fashion magazines.
# sex
Too many studies about sex and psychology use convenience samples of college students. At the same time, too many writers criticize those studies for the wrong reasons.
# tech
Big Think's informative and educational Q&A feature once again produces answers that fail to inform or educate.
# tech
Charles Seife wants his fusion reactor and he wants it now, dammit, or no funding for you.
# science
Jargon is useful, but not when you're tying to explain the fundamentals of your work.
# science
No good deed goes unpunished, including writing a science book that will get critiqued by scientists who aren't shy about getting pedantic.
# science
Science doesn't move at the speed of headlines. It moves at whatever speed scientists can discover and confirm something new.
# science
Seriously, it's not a good idea to encourage ignoramuses who see themselves as titans of science on the verge of being lavished with fame and fortune.
# tech
Computer science produces popular headlines about robots and gadgets. But its most complicated and meaningful questions aren't going to make it to pop sci publications...
# tech
Michio Kaku talks quantum computing at Big Think. It doesn't go well. It doesn't go well at all.
# astrobiology
It's not completely impossible that you could have some alien DNA. But the odds are literally astronomical.
# space
GJ 436b has some interesting chemistry, but it's not rewriting astronomy and chemistry books, nor is it a huge surprise to scientists.
# space
Despite what the media might have told you, we don't actually know if a rocky planet slammed into Jupiter or not.
# science
Being told more people believed something makes you more likely to believe it too, even if science says the exact opposite.
