"Without us there's no accountability". See eg stories about de-extinction, or reporting of claims about AI - most press coverage is credulous, apart from proper science journalism.
Philip Ball
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Science writer and author of books including Bright Earth, The Music Instinct, Beyond Weird, How Life Works.
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We need (good) science journalism now more than ever. And you'll find me and other journalists saying just that in this smart piece.
Why newsrooms must rethink science journalism before the next crisis
Despite climate extremes, pandemics and a global AI revolution, science reporting remains underfunded and undervalued.
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I'd say olo is not so much "outside the range" of normal human vision, as that it's constructed from "in range" components in a way that nature can't emulate. www.scientificamerican.com/article/rese...
Only Five People Have Seen This New Impossible Color
Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it
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Christ, no. And I thought Musk was his enemy now.
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I'm gonna try to get it, honest. But no, it's not a ghost. Still weird AF though.
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Absolutely true, but also I'm pleased to see we can rely on the Germans to have a word for it.
I am not even American and my skin is crawling in embarrassment. We have a word in German for when you feel embarrassed on behalf of someone else's embarrassment: "Fremdschämen"
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Underselling Duffy a bit here: he's also a former lumberjack champion. And this, of course, is precisely what you get when you put such a know-nothing in charge. Crassly horrendous.
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.
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Seems plausible from the description, but if you saw the photo you'd say no.
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I haven't yet been back, it's true.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
James Randi (1928–2020)
Illusionist who exposed fraud to showcase the perils of credulity.
