New rules for science journalism 26 Nov 2010 From Zack Weiner’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Click the red button too. Humor Journalism
Humor Me in Spanish 5 Jun 2010 I just love seeing my ideas in another language, not because I speak or read them (I am Australian. We don’t even speak English well. We’re submonoglots), but because it always looks so much more intelligent in French or, as in this case, Spanish. Eduardo Robredo Zugasti has noticed my… Read More
Administrative Interlude of peace and love 13 Feb 2008 Have you ever noticed that there are occasionally periods in which things just work, particularly with computers? I find that there is a confluence of coherence about every four years. I’m not sure if it’s just because the vendors – the Evil Apple Empire, or Micro$oft, whoever – recognises that… Read More
General Science Orb spiders 26 Oct 200818 Sep 2017 I love golden orb spiders – they are among the prettiest spiders you will find in Queensland, and the largest [click on the pic for information]. You’ll come across them in the oddest places, too. I once nearly stepped on one on a footpath (sidewalk to non-English speakers) in the… Read More
This rule can be usefully combined with Hinchliffe’s rule (“If the title is a question, the answer is ‘no'”).
Can I broke the rule ? Here a commercial magazine/paper writes more and more antivaccine, antiGMO articles. Editor hates science (though they have heavily scientific looka like links as refree ). Its journalist’s science level is quite low (for ex statistical bad errs). I’d like to write “hoax” headline: “Is dihydrogen monoxide in vaccines dangerous ?” etc. It would be “Medicine-Sokal-article”, if I don’t tell truth in last line “It is called water”. (But I have not decided my strategy yet).