Lots of great stuff today:
A Faustian bargain
Olbermann: False promise of ‘objectivity’ proves ‘truth’ superior to ‘fact’
Bradshaw: Data and Journalism Form a Powerful Combination
Nine stories the press is underreporting — fraud, fraud and more fraud
The Reboxetine Scandal — How Should We Make Medical Trial Data Available?
Scientific regress: When science goes backward (actually, it is engineering+press regress, not scientific)
So how many retractions are there every year, anyway?
Kids, Stop Dissecting the Dog!
2 Dems claim Arianna Huffington stole website idea
This Is Your Brain on Metaphors
Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches
Publishers Weekly Reviews The Science of Kissing
Napolitano ‘open’ to fliers’ gripes over screening and More about my TSA encounter at SAN and Motivation of my filming of my TSA encounter and What will I say? and TSA Backlash week and In Defense of Security Theater (Sorta)
Hearing Loss in Stranded Odontocete Dolphins and Whales
Problem-solving bacteria crack sudoku
Don’t Ditch Your Gmail – “With Facebook revealing details of its new messaging service, Tom Weber squares it off against Google in a 10-category smackdown to determine who will control the future of email.”
“Let’s Talk About Waste, Baby”
Google News experiments with metatags for publishers to give “credit where credit is due”
British crayfish now officially endangered, thanks to killer fungus
A Disease with No Remedy IV: hereditary theory of phthisis
Gut bacteria recap the evolution of apes
The future of electricity: Going beyond the light switch
Six must-have WordPress plugins for newsrooms (and several more suggested in the comments)
Neither me nor thee: the fish in the mirror
Tetris Helps Prevent Unpleasant Memories of Gory Film in Happy People
Research red tape contributes to the suffering and death of millions
A Tadpole Taste Test with Students as “Mock Predators”
What “I Love Lucy” can teach us about capillary nutrient exchange
Beer IS good for you! [or Antibiotics: good for what ale’s you]
One World Publishing, Brought to You by the Internet
Academic journals vs. public good vs. money
Technology Through the Generations
Oh Deer: Protecting This Year’s Christmas Tree Crop
Climate Scientists Strike Back
How to be a denier: lesson #1 (shrivel and die)
Chuck Todd, Jay Rosen, Michelle Malkin Question Ambinder’s Reasons for Leaving Blogging Behind
The inaugural first post. And Darwin meets God.
MDG 7c: The Sanitation Goal Is in the Toilet
Tinkerbell and the great propaganda machine
Pop psychology versus the Chandlers
Tyrannosaurus Had Extra Junk in the Trunk
Re-Evaluating Ancient Beavers and Ancient Beavers in PLoS ONE: Interview with Josh Samuels
Where are the rock stars of climatology?
Get Ready For a Truly Experimental Day at the Intersection: Live Workshop Training
More Life of the Cell Animation
PBS NewsHour announces the launch of “PBS NewsHour Science”
Outreach: Meet the press and
Science communication: Scientist as star
Faunal Friends: Evolution and the Animal Connection
Cure your Aging Synapses with this New Diet and Exercise Regimen!
Parrotfish sleep in a mosquito net made of mucus
The Rock Stars of Science! and Rock Stars of Science
Thanksgiving Science: Tryptophacts and Tryptophantasies
Amazon’s Best Science Books of 2010
PBS edits Tina Fey’s remarks from Twain event
