John bemoans the state of science journalism, with some added history of the Atlantis hypothesis.
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Just had a very pleasant lunch with John Timmer, the editor of Ars Technica. I learned about the history and concept of Ars Technica, we talked about science journalism, science communication, science blogging, and even about science itself: his and my old research:
Here are some posts for you. Science first:
What? The Great Lakes Too Obvious?
Make All Academic Research Databases Free For Everyone
Perverse Incentives
Palaeowomaen: Barbara Isaac, Women in The Field, and The Throwing Hypothesis
Other:
Left And Right Working Together
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First, there was a very nice article in Columbia Journalism Review (which someone subscribed me to - I guess because my name appeared there the other week....someone is trying to…
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