According to two investigative journalists, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche withheld vital data about the effectiveness of its swine flu drug Tamiflu from scientists.
Read the full story here:
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/01/12/pharma-company-hid-vital-data-on-tamiflu-scientists-claim/
Interesting article in terms of using social media to reach a demographic and how to reach that elusive age group.
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/258803/20111130/facebook-apps-bring-millions-new-young-readers.htm
Jack Shafer: Looking forward to taking a mallet to embargoes, not only the arts embargoes but the science, think tank, government, and academic embargoes. To hell with all of them.
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Interesting ….. on the problem of article retractions. Offers watchdog site http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/
I had a good response to my recent posting on the discussion list for feedback about a Physics World article, “Should scientific papers be written in a first-person narrative?” by James Dacey. The topic came to life again the other day in a related science communication experience.
I was on the judging panel for 2011 AIP […]
An interesting article that raises the question, I think, of how well scientists understand media image or contextual analysis or cultural studies.
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There is an interesting blog entry in physicsworld.com titled “Should scientific papers be written in a first-person narrative?” by James Dacey, http://physicsworld.com/blog/2011/10/should_scientific_papers_be_wr.html. It’s really a teaser for people to cast their vote on physicsworld’s Facebook page but it raises an interesting aspect of science communication.
Sci-commers have regularly posed the value of having a more narrative […]
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