As is his habit, Jason Rosenhouse has begun a long review of Mooney and Kirshenbaum's book. It won't be giving too much away to say that he gives it a "Mixed, but generally negative" review. I know M&K will only present the positive side on their site (as I'm only going to emphasize the negative), but overall I think "Mixed, but generally negative" is the growing consensus about their book.
I know Mooney has the ability to put together a solid story, as he showed in The Republican War on Science and Storm World — it's too bad he chose to go the shallow and substanceless route in this book. I hope he does better in his next.
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The always interesting Sharon Begley has a WSJ column today on the new scientific journals that only publish negative results.
A handful of journals that publish only negative results are gaining traction, and new ones are on the drawing boards.
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