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The life-saving scientific knowledge hiding in plain sight | Aeon Essays

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:52:45 +0200

Bookmarked https://aeon.co/essays/the-life-saving-scientific-knowledge-hiding-in-plain-sight

How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t | Science | AAAS

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:45:15 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.science.org/content/article/how-did-rosalind-franklin-miss-helix-her-iconic-dna-image-she-didn-t

A new study finds that to counter misinformation online, we need to copy its style

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:48:00 +0200

Bookmarked https://theconversation.com/a-new-study-finds-that-to-counter-misinformation-online-we-need-to-copy-its-style-293220

How ‘Tiny Shortcuts’ Are Poisoning Science

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:58:52 +0200

Bookmarked https://nautil.us/how-tiny-shortcuts-are-poisoning-science-1279176

Physics Grifters: Eric Weinstein, Sabine Hossenfelder, and a Crisis of Credibility – Timothy Nguyen

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:59:07 +0200

Bookmarked https://timothynguyen.org/2025/08/21/physics-grifters-eric-weinstein-sabine-hossenfelder-and-a-crisis-of-credibility/

The Longest Sightline On Earth | A Calgary Eye Doctors Perspective — Calgary Vision Centre

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:26:50 +0200

Bookmarked https://calgaryvisioncentre.com/news/2017/6/23/tdgft1bsbdlm8496ov7tn73kr0ci1q

Analysis: Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” is already wearing thin - Ars Technica

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:52:38 +0200

Bookmarked https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/analysis-trumps-gold-standard-science-is-already-wearing-thin/

The people fighting to get through to anti-science Americans: ‘It’s just talking to each other’ | US healthcare | The Guardian

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:59:49 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/13/science-trust-experts-communication

Canadian Scientists Explain Exactly How Their Government Silenced Science | Smithsonian

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 08:25:36 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/canadian-scientists-open-about-how-their-government-silenced-science-180961942/

Harper's attack on science: No science, no evidence, no truth, no democracy - Academic Matters

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 08:25:01 +0200

Bookmarked https://academicmatters.ca/harpers-attack-on-science-no-science-no-evidence-no-truth-no-democracy/

WIRED: 5 Levels Video Series

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:41:50 +0200

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Surgeon, professor Marty Makary examines damage wrought when medicine closes ranks around inaccurate dogma

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 13:26:57 +0200

Bookmarked https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/excerpt-from-blind-spots-by-marty-makary/

Surgeon, professor Marty Makary examines damage wrought when medicine closes ranks around inaccurate dogma

‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:19:57 +0200

Bookmarked https://theconversation.com/the-data-on-extreme-human-ageing-is-rotten-from-the-inside-out-ig-nobel-winner-saul-justin-newman-239023

Little white lies about blue light

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:18:01 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/blue-light-sleep/

Scientific fraud solutions: Should research misconduct be illegal? | Vox

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:50:04 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/368350/scientific-research-fraud-crime-jail-time

41 Science Professionals Decry Harms and Mistrust Caused By COVID Lab Leak Claim - Slashdot

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:19:44 +0200

Bookmarked https://m.slashdot.org/story/432072

Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential - The Lancet

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:58:43 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext

Nobody Really Knows If Pets Are Good for Your Health - The Atlantic

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 21:33:00 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/06/pet-health-benefits-mixed/678841/?lctg=6050ed2c4953a53f1495995d

he insists that he’s not out to smear anyone’s furry friends. In a 2012 blog post questioning the so-called pet effect, Herzog included a photo of his cat, Tilly. “She makes my life better,” he wrote. “Please Don’t Blame The Messenger!”

Nobody Knows What’s Going On

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:13:03 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.raptitude.com/2024/06/nobody-knows-whats-going-on/

There are ways to carefully gather, scrutinize, and compare high-quality second-hand sources, and maybe learn something reliable, but this is extremely difficult for the groupish, emotional creature we are. It is viscerally unpleasant (not to mention time-consuming) to honestly question beliefs you feel positively towards, or honestly entertain ones you don’t, and ultimately you’re just determining what “feels right” anyway.

Bogus Doctors Group Pushed By Elon Musk, Fox News Against Trans Care

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:07:16 +0200

Bookmarked https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/bogus-doctors-group-pushed-by-elon

Has no ROR https://ror.org/search?query=American+College+of+Pediatricians