http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/06/sources-in-science-journalism/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/06/sources-in-science-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-41085 Emmy Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:16:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4264#comment-41085 Maybe the solution is that we should encourage the general public to get out to Biologists' library nature lectures more often; schools should be teaching students to read primary literature (and encourage them to subscribe to journals) and doctors / nurses should spend a lot more time studying recent findings on healthy eating and teaching their patients about nutrition and exercise. That way, media stories can be what they were intended to be: entertainment, and an announcement that new scientific studies have been released. Nothing more. Maybe the solution is that we should encourage the general public to get out to Biologists’ library nature lectures more often; schools should be teaching students to read primary literature (and encourage them to subscribe to journals) and doctors / nurses should spend a lot more time studying recent findings on healthy eating and teaching their patients about nutrition and exercise. That way, media stories can be what they were intended to be: entertainment, and an announcement that new scientific studies have been released. Nothing more.

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