Most of the time in this space, I link to stories about new discoveries or great photos or cool gadgets, but this story might be more important. Simon Singh is a British science writer who criticized chiropractic medicine and was sued for libel as a result, and that’s a hard charge to beat in Britain. But he’s beating it, and that’s important because science is at its best when its being challenged, and people are afraid to mount challenges when they face the threat of a lawsuit.
And as a great example of how science can stand up to questioning when it’s good science, the tempest in a teapot surrounding emails at the University of East Anglia has largely dissipated, at least in the minds of anyone who’s willing to look at the actual science.
Volcanic eruptions and lightning, a love story.
Cosmic rays might be fiddling with car electronics. No word on whether the cars have gained the ability to project a force field which makes them invisible.
