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By: The BEAST » Blog Archive » 5 Religious Rituals Atheists Can Do If They We Want To Be As Stupid As Alain de Botton

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:39:35 +0000

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Facts About Autism | Autism Treatment Symptoms Diagnosis — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:19:58 +0000

[...] Huffington Post + Science. A New Leaf? | The LoomToday the Huffington Post is launching a new science “channel,” overseen by a full-time science editor. This should be interesting. The Huffington Post is one of the most popular places for getting news and opinion, attracting well over 30 million views a month. It started out mainly as a blogging network, and then added on a lot of aggregation of news stories, supplemented by slide shows. More … Read News [...]

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Huffington Post Science - News of the day — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:17:13 +0000

[...] range between cautiously optimistic and deeply skeptical (see, for example, posts by Charlie Petit, Carl Zimmer, Keith Kloor, Mark Hoofnagle, Seth Mnookin, Michael Conniff, Autism Blog and Orac). This is [...]

By: Critical Juncture for HuffPo Science - NEWS AND ARTICLES – NEWS AND ARTICLES

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:04:39 +0000

[...] news and opinion” incited a flurry of wary explanation about either or not a site was branch over “a new leaf” in scholarship [...]

By: Daniel J. Andrews

Daniel J. Andrews — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:21:45 +0000

If they do a good job of the science, please let us know. Till then, my time is limited and I don’t want to waste it by reading silliness when I can be reading something from real scientists and communicators who take great pains to get things right.

By: Collide-a-scape » Blog Archive » Collide-a-scape >> The Huffington Post’s Frankenjournalism

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:02:25 +0000

[...] Zimmer, using more restrained language, also noted the Huffington Post’s reputation for “checkered coverage” of science. But he is [...]

By: The Huffington Post abre una sección de Ciencia « Observatori 2.0

The Huffington Post abre una sección de Ciencia « Observatori 2.0 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:15:58 +0000

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By: Monkey

Monkey — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:36:44 +0000

I used to love science daily, too. However, I have heard recently that they are also at fault for placing headlines up without the real background – taking the more fantastical side of a paper and running it as a lead, where the reality of the paper is much more subdued. Anyone who can comment further, I welcome your words. I think it was on The Guardian podcast or Skeptically Speaking, or SGU….cant remember exactly…. that the scientist being interviewed warned of the science daily perils. I still like it, I just read it with a stronger filter now.

I dont think the HuffPo is worth it for others who already have a digestible source of science news, but it surely will benefit the regular HP readers who swim in woo filled pools of reality (most, not all).

By: New HuffPo science section: Uncle Karl praises accommodationism, and bonus review of book by Karl « Why Evolution Is True

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:58:52 +0000

[...] Zimmer has a longer discussion of the science section at his website, The Loom. [...]

By: Isaac Newton, Sinner

Isaac Newton, Sinner — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:38:13 +0000

Maybe they will have articles from my favorite science celebrity, Jenny McCarthy.

By: Jeffrey Toney

Jeffrey Toney — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:31:13 +0000

I agree, Carl. HuffPost is wise to start this with some writers with gravitas, including the President of CalTech. See: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1LmZVI

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:08:18 +0000

I just went there and the headline says, “Isaac Newton, Sinner?”. Oh boy.

By: Huffington Post + Science. A New Leaf? | The Loom | Full Power News

Huffington Post + Science. A New Leaf? | The Loom | Full Power News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:29:17 +0000

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By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:35:57 +0000

But then I went to HuffPo Science.

Thanks, but I’ll stick with Live Science & Science Daily.

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:50:02 +0000

Yes, one can hope as it springs eternal…

By: John Kubie

John Kubie — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:34:19 +0000

dave: while I agree about ‘snobs’ and ‘condescension’, there are times when dumbing down science turns science on its head; frequently, making things appear better-understood, and the opposite of what they are. I think Carl does a great job of explaining science without twisting it. Many others … not so much.

By: dave chamberlin

dave chamberlin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:59:10 +0000

Did science blogging need it’s version of Walmart? Not to us snobs over at GNXP, we are too good for HuffPO…… Ah bullshit.

There are times when this here poser-egghead-wannabe doesn’t give a crap about boring economic prognostications or complex analysis of the real world, gimme the lowdown on the latest pole dancing pop star and her quick descent into sex/drug/stupidiy addiction, enquirering minds want to know.

The infotainment world is changing fast and it’s about time science got mass marketed. Will it be flawed? Of course it will, and when it is the hard core science bloggers like our favorites over here at discover will happily and amusingly tear it to shreads. Will the production writers HuffPo employs screw thing up on a regular basis? Of course. Stop acting all aghast about how the real world works. You aren’t changing a damn thing, you are just making yourself feel better. Science for the masses is still overall a good thing. I don’t care if it misleads ten people as long as it hooks one one to say “Hey, maybe science isn’t as boring as my lousy teachers made it out to be”

And all you HuffPo haters, go over there and check out it’s Comedy section. It has some funny stuff. Liberal, schmiberal, stupid people need salesmen to explain the complex world in comic book simple terms, liberals do it, conservatives do it, everyone serious about getting elected does it, because thats what you have to do to get elected. There is a saying in poker that applies to politics. If you look around the table and don’t recognize the sucker, you’re it.

By: John Kubie

John Kubie — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:18:31 +0000

I can’t top comments 1 – 4, but the spirit is there.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:43:35 +0000

Sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth.

By: ERV

ERV — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:22:59 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOO! WHYYYYY???

<– Not hopeful

By: MrPeach

MrPeach — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:53:57 +0000

It sounds lovely, but their track record of publishing woo makes me a bit hesitant to trust that they will stop spreading woo elsewhere on their site – or for that matter not pollute this new forum with nonsense. One can hope, I guess.

By: steven wright

steven wright — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:48:41 +0000

this will inveitably be a culture shaper. If steve jobs would of died, not only will we have harvard liberal establishment speaking up for big pharma, we might even see a few “huffington” experts on the field. this also may start a trend of future blog think tanks “according to weilhem and experts.com our best foreign policy approach for 2014 is…”

it will be exciting and interesting also to see how this has a sway on the internet and things like RT.com

By: Mike Lewinski

Mike Lewinski — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:39:36 +0000

Oh noeees, foiled by big pharma again!

*snark*