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Who still supports the Ingelfinger rule? 26 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
More than half of neuroscientists in the U.S. — and even more in Germany — stand by the idea that scientific journals shouldn't publish research that has already been reported in the news media, accor...
What's wrong with "Snow Fall" projects 25 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
The New York Times may have started a trend with its multimedia epic "Snow Fall," but Farhad Manjoo has a contrarian view on Slate. All the visual bells and whistles, Manjoo writes, are distractions f...
Science writing's silence on marijuana 24 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
Why didn't science writers jump all over the medical marijuana story after CNN's Sanjay Gupta announced his change of heart on the issue two weeks ago? Tabitha M. Powledge poses that question in this ...
Bad behavior in self-published authors 23 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Ruth Ann Nordin has had it with aspiring self-published authors who solicit money or free work from others to support their endeavor. Nordin writes on Self-Published Authors Helping Other Authors: "Th...
From ScienceWriters: Tax rules for prizes and awards 23 Aug 2013 | 04:34 am
The IRS is unyielding when NASW members receive Science in Society Journalism Awards or other awards of money or property in recognition of their journalistic or literary achievements. Writers owe inc...
When good journals publish bad studies 21 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Citing recent news stories based on flawed research, Andrew Gelman advises journalists to bullet-proof their reporting by seeking help from outside experts. "The point is not necessarily to interview ...
How "Shark Week" distorts reality 20 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
The popular Discovery Channel programs and their imitators may do a disservice to conservation, John R. Platt writes for Scientific American: "Undoubtedly these programs will attract their usual massi...
Megan Scudellari wins Clark/Payne Award 19 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
The winner of the 2013 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, an annual prize for young science journalists, is Megan Scudellari. Scudellari received the award and its $1,000 prize for “Never Say Die,” a story...
From denial to acceptance in long-form 18 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
You've heard of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and her theory of the five stages of grief? A TV reporter came up with something similar for long-form journalism and posted it on Facebook, where it was picked u...
Climate defenders step up their game 17 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
In her first On Science Blogs post in its new home at PLOS, Tabitha M. Powledge finds cause to hope that a turning point is near in the tortuous (and torturous) debate over climate change: "Does it se...
