Just started reading. Also great to hang out with author ⁦ @anilananth.bsky.social⁩, back in CA after long absence!

Great to see this piece from our UCSC SciCom classes published today! By Joseph Howlett and Andrea Tamayo www.statnews.com/2024/08/15/m...

Arthritis patients resort to an inconvenient Medicare workaround to avoid pricey drugs

Medicare patients, facing high out-of-pocket costs for Humira and other pricey arthritis drugs, often choose hours-long infusions to save money.

I don't think the "political stress indicator" captures everything that's going on, but this piece I wrote just before the 2020 election may be worth your time www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pete...

This Scary Statistic Predicts Growing US Political Violence

Two researchers claim that a single number they call the “political stress indicator” can warn when societies are at risk of erupting into violence. It’s spiking in the US, just like it did before the...

Includes comparisons for hybrids, new vs. old vehicles, customization for MPG and regional electricity generation mix. Based on data from greet.anl.gov/publication-...www.pnas.org/post/multime...

NEW interactive feature from me for PNAS Front Matter: At what point does driving an electric vehicle get you a carbon emissions payoff? www.pnas.org/post/multime...

NEW @sciam.bsky.socialwww.scientificamerican.com/article/a-re...

A Retracted Stem Cell Study Reveals Science’s Shortcomings

The withdrawal after 22 years of a controversial stem cell paper highlights how perverse incentives can distort scientific progress

Public records can be an important tool in your reporting, but for stories about sexual harassment, you’ll need to take care they don’t expose vulnerable sources, says @paldhous.bsky.socialwww.theopennotebook.com/2023/09/05/r...

Reporting on Sexual Misconduct in the Sciences - The Open Notebook

Covering allegations of sexual harassment and abuse in scientific institutions takes tenacity. These investigations can be lengthy and require rigorous reporting to track down key sources and document...

Delighted to learn that these pieces from @lizagross.bsky.socialindigenousjournalists.org/2024-indigen...insideclimatenews.org/news/1605202...insideclimatenews.org/news/3112202...

Dying in the Fields as Temperatures Soar - Inside Climate News

Scores of California farmworkers are dying in the heat in regions with chronically bad air, even in a state with one of the toughest heat standards in the nation.

You can find the backstory here: www.peteraldhous.com/minnesota.html@elisabethbik.bsky.socialscienceintegritydigest.com/2019/12/05/c...

This 2002 Nature paper shows how delayed retractions create an edifice of bad citations 2007: Integrity of the work questioned by @eugenie-reich.bsky.social@elisabethbik.bsky.socialwww.nature.com/articles/s41...