September 12, 2005

Dumbing down science news

A funny, witty column on medical science news coverage appears in the British paper, The Guardian.

The author writes about the three types of science stories: wacky, scare and breakthrough. Their central theme? There is no useful information in most science stories. Read the article to hear the columnist's ideas on why this happens.

Posted by schwitz at September 12, 2005 02:01 PM | TrackBack
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