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Blogging the demise of science journalism

by Andrew Maynard | Mar 20, 2009 | Communication, Recommended

This week’s edition of Nature includes a thought provoking piece by Geoff Brumfiel on the decline of mainstream science journalism and the rise of science blogging.  The big question: Can one replace the other?  It’s a sobering read: Blumfiel paints a picture of old...

Carbon nanotubes: the new asbestos? Not if we act fast.

by Andrew Maynard | May 21, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Oversight, Recommended

Mix carbon nanotubes and asbestos together (metaphorically) and you get an explosive mix—at least if news coverage of the latest publication coming out of Professor Ken Donaldson’s team is anything to go by.  The research—published on-line today in Nature...
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