Category: neurons

In a thoughtful post Friday, Gary Stix at Scientific American reported on a study of six British newspapers by researchers at University College of London. The study found that “research was being applied out of context to create dramatic headlines, push thinly disguised ideological arguments, or support particular policy agendas.”

We might be hard put to find any area of science coverage that hasn't been subject to those kinds of distortions. Coverage of Lipitor and its ilk was certainly as likely to contain dramatic...