The Elements of Social Science

Detecting the undetectable

Guest Post: The Real Dangers of Mercury

Too much of the wrong type can be deadly, but not all…

Science’s shameful secret

At the frontiers of scientific discovery, there is a growing problem. Can we…

The Shrinking Theory

A Useful Reframing of the Expanding Universe

The Art of (Science) Storytelling

A very brief introduction to the great public science stories of the…

Explosions, Waterslides, and the Local Public Library

(Yes, and it actually all ties together)

The Vitamin-C Myth

This lie has been told too many times…

It’s the first thing you hear when the topic of Colds is mentioned- ‘Oh a bit of Vitamin-C and you’ll never be sick!’ Ladies and gentlemen, anyone who has ever said anything like this is either lying or…

What’s Worse Than Nuclear Winter? Thermonuclear Summer

Climate Change Would Be Carl Sagan’s New…

How to review a paper

Or, I should say, how I review a paper

Peer review is a mess. We all know it, and have written about it endlessly, including myself. And we’ve also railed against a system in which we do all the work for the benefit of the publishers. But…

3 Reasons Why You should read ‘For the Love of Physics’

I can’t stop myself from recommending this…