Journalism and Terrorism; Science Under Siege; Fake Science; Hadron; That's Hot; Big Bang Theories

Journalism and Terrorism

• Teen Stunned at Portrayal as Boston Bomb Suspect
• Jon Stewart Tears Apart CNN For ‘Completely F*cking Wrong’ Boston Reporting: ‘Human Centipede Of News’
• Richard Jewell Cannot Accept Our Apology

Science Under Siege

• NASA Suspends All Education and Public Outreach—Hit by the sequester.
• There's No Such Thing As the Liberal War on Science—"Michael Shermer argues that when it comes to not believing in science, Dems and Republicans are created equal. Here's why he's wrong."
• Determinism and Its Enemies Are Still Waging War over the Soul of Science
• The Ph.D Bust: America's Awful Market for Young Scientists—in 7 Charts
• Why I Study Duck Genitalia—"Fox News and other conservative sites miss the point of basic science."
• Muzzling of scientists subject of 'unique' probe by Canada's information watchdog—"Wide-ranging investigation, which will look into six different federal departments, is to review incidents in which the media was thwarted when trying to speak to Canadian government scientists about their work."
• Canada shutters research lakes facilities
• On the flipside: Vatican seeks to rebrand its relationship with science—Oh my.

Fake Science

• Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)—"A parallel world of pseudo-academia, with prestigiously titled conferences and journals that will print seemingly anything for a fee, has the scientific community alarmed." NYT
• Scientists Are Struggling to Wade Through the Bullshit of Fake Academic Publications
• The Future of Publishing—"After nearly 400 years in the slow-moving world of print, the scientific publishing industry is suddenly being thrust into a fast-paced online world of cloud computing, crowd sourcing and ubiquitous sharing. Long-established practices are being challenged by new ones – most notably, the open-access, author-pays publishing model. In this special issue, Nature takes a close look at the forces now at work in scientific publishing, and how they may play out over the coming decades."

Hadron

• Large Hadron Collider May Have Produced New Matter
• LHC cements Higgs boson identification
• LHC upgrade to open up 'new realm of particle physics'
• A bike ride in the Large Hadron Collider as revamp begins
• The Man Who Coined 'The God Particle' Explains: It Was A Joke!

That's Hot

• What is a Flame?
• Physicists produce highest man-made temperature: 7 trillion degrees
• In Space, Flames Behave in Ways Nobody Thought Possible

Big Bang Theories

• Swedish man arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen; says it was only a hobby
• Inventor blows off the roof of his house after experiment to make vodka goes wrong
• Guy Builds Solar-Powered Death Ray In His Backyard (Yawn)