Life Science Controversies of 2016

Two ongoing disputes brought The Scientist to the courtroom to listen in on the proceedings this year. The first is a defamation suit that former Wayne State University researcher Fazlul Sarkar brought against anonymous commenters on the post-publication peer review website PubPeer. Sarkar...

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'Hidden Figures,' 'The Glass Universe,' And Why Science Needs History

Editor’s Note: This story originally gave the time it takes light to travel from the sun to Earth as just over eight seconds. The correct time is just over eight minutes. Your editor is very embarrassed.
Earth spins at 1,040 mph. Light travels 186,000 miles per second. It takes...

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Study: This practice, lost to time, likely made a Stradivarius sing

For hundreds of years, violins by Antonio Stradivari have been considered the best in the world, some fetching millions of dollars. The only other instruments vying for the title were crafted by a man named Giuseppe Guarneri, who toiled away in his workshop in the same northern Italian city...

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Video shows false killer whale snagging tuna bait

HONOLULU, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Researchers trying to cut down on the number of false killer whales being caught in longline fishing gear in the Pacific have captured video of the marine mammal’s attempts to remove fish from the line.
In the video, the false killer whale successfully...

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Quora: What Are the Most Common Pitfalls New Programmers Face?

What are the most common pitfalls that new programmers face? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.


Answer by Colleen van Lent, lecturer at the University of Michigan and an Instructor at Web...

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Woman's 'Immortal' Cells To Be Regulated Under New Plan

For decades, the immortal line of cells known as HeLa cells has been a crucial tool for researchers. But the cells’ use has also been the source of anxiety, confusion and frustration for the family of the woman, Henrietta Lacks, from whom the cells were taken without consent more than...

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J. H. McKenna, Ph.D.: Filthy Little Atheist

President Teddy Roosevelt called Thomas Paine a ‘Filthy Little Atheist,’ a phrase with as many errors in it as words, since Paine was fastidiously clean, stood taller than most of his contemporaries at five feet ten inches, and was a professed believer in God.


Paine was often...

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