A few million people use PubMed every day – many pretty much every day. And everyone’s got their own habits, shortcuts, and…
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Listicles 8 PubMed Ninja Skills
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History Science and the Rise of the Co-Authors
Physicists set a new record this year for number of co-authors: a 9-page report needed an extra 24 pages to list its 5,154…
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History Curiosity to Scrutiny: the Early Days of Science Journalism
1894: “[T]he acknowledged leaders of the great generation that is now passing away, Darwin notably, addressed themselves in many cases to…
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Science Communication Why Aren’t We All Machine-Friendly Researchers?
I blame the writing and research impact advice we get. At least in part. It doesn’t prepare us as well as it…
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Bias The Mess That Trials Stopped Early Can Leave Behind
Many trials end with a whimper. But some end with a bang. Press release, press conference, lots of fanfare &ndash…
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Evidence Post-SPRINT Trial Headaches
On 11 September, some 9,300 participants in the SPRINT trial were sent a letter from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The letter told…
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Evidence 5 Key Things to Know About Data on Adverse Effects
The potential harms of interventions are tricky to get a handle on. Our feelings about them are, too. It wouldn’t be…
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Justice The Value of 3 Degrees of Separation on Twitter
Update 2021: I wrote this post back in the Gamergate-affected Twitter era. While the issues here about degrees of separation are still…
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Health The Angelina Effect and the Mixed Blessing of Celebrities and Risk Awareness
“I hope that other women can benefit from my experience”, wrote Angelina Jolie of her double mastectomy. She showed great courage and generosity…
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History The Outrage Factor – Then and Now
There’s a lot of outrage about outrage storming around women in science and science journalism at the moment. And fear of…
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Bias Another 5 Things to Know About Meta-Analysis
Last year I wrote a post of “5 Key Things to Know About Meta-Analysis”. It was a great way to focus – but…
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Bias “Just” Joking? Sexist Talk in Science
I’m a scientist who’s also a cartoonist. So I’ve got a pretty keen interest in scholarship and empirical research on humor. And I…