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  1. Gnumann+, Invoker of Mansplaining says

    No mention of control here – have they sequenced Ben Goldacre and Simon Singh?

  2. Dick the Damned says

    Jumpin’ Jebus on a stick, do you think this could explain the press releases that come out of the Discovery Institute?

  3. stonyground says

    It isn’t just science. All of you out there must have all kinds of random interests about which you have fairly extensive knowledge. Often if you read a newspaper or magazine article about one of your particular pet subjects you will find that it is riddled with errors and made up stuff.

  4. jacklewis says

    Who came up with this awful idea of putting all the links and crap on the left side.
    I read like most from left to right and unless I run the browser maximized all the time, this means scrolling to the right all the time to read any article…
    Just terrible UI design.

  5. Rev. BigDumbChimp says

    It isn’t just science. All of you out there must have all kinds of random interests about which you have fairly extensive knowledge. Often if you read a newspaper or magazine article about one of your particular pet subjects you will find that it is riddled with errors and made up stuff.

    all

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    time

  6. says

    But is the gene subject to epigenetic modulation, depending on whether the journalist’s parents were HuffPo or New Scientist readers? Inquiring minds want to know!

  7. Thomathy, Gay Where it Counts says

    I read like most from left to right

    Yawn.
    _____

    I can think of a few science journalists who could benefit from some gene therapy, if one is developed to treat this unfortunate genetic affliction.

  8. says

    Often if you read a newspaper or magazine article about one of your particular pet subjects you will find that it is riddled with errors and made up stuff.

    Well, if it was good enough for the synod of Hippo, it’s good enough for the Daily Mail

  9. robro says

    Scientist journalists must spawn in university PR departments. Some of the more outrageous articles I’ve seen on Science Daily were just republished university PR pieces about a “major breakthrough” discovered by some team centered at the school. It’s a real coupe if it hits Google News, of course, or HuffPuff, and for that purpose the more outlandish the better.

  10. says

    [Off Topic]

    jacklewis

    You spurred me to write up a workaround I found/created. If you’re on Firefox, this might be of help.

  11. cicely (The Less Sore of Two Measles) says

    “[…]or whether the ancient Mayans discovered the gene before modern science.”
    It was the ancient Egyptians. Or possibly the Chinese.