Thursday, January 05, 2012
This post takes Shari Roan to task for her recent article on obesity that appeared in the LA Times and has since been reposted around the internet. Roan’s article is a shoddy piece of reporting.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/05 at 01:58 PM
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
The NY Times recently posted a “Room for Debate” topic asking “Why we Collect Stuff.” This post reflects on what I think worked well in that debate and where I would have liked to see the participants say more.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/31 at 12:54 AM
Friday, December 16, 2011
This is the latest edition of the history of science blog carnival, showcasing posts having to do with the history of science, understood to include technology and medicine.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/16 at 10:07 PM
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Jess Blumberg commits a significant error in a new article on the Salem Witch Trials. Once again a journalist with the support and authority of some magazine makes unsubstantiated and indefensible claims about the witch trials. This post takes Blumberg to task.
UPDATE: The editors at Smithsonian.com have corrected Blumberg’s original article.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/27 at 03:50 PM
Sunday, January 30, 2011
In light of the recent “news” about a new zodiacal sign and what that might entail for astrology, I spent a little time reflecting on anti-astrology polemics in the last century.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/30 at 05:56 PM
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
The popular podcast, “The Stuff You Missed in History Class” offers an interesting case study in disseminating the history of science to a broad audience. There are lessons to be learned here, lessons to emulate and to avoid.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/19 at 10:42 PM
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Dude, let’s sequence the genomes of all the rock stars who died at age 27. (A tongue-in-cheek review of some recent stories in genomics and general science.)
Posted by Nathaniel Comfort on 12/16 at 10:17 AM
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Friday, December 10, 2010
A video on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, is a beautiful piece of science communication.
Posted by Nathaniel Comfort on 12/10 at 08:12 AM
Friday, November 19, 2010
A new case of crime and sex chromosomes suggests that we haven’t left the seventies behind after all.
Posted by Nathaniel Comfort on 11/19 at 09:22 PM
Saturday, October 02, 2010
This post offers a quick look at wartime efforts to popularize the history of science through the Council on Books in Wartime. Among the titles published for U.S. troops overseas was W. Dampier’s A Shorter History of Science.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/02 at 12:54 PM
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