Scientists rise up against statistical significance

By Tamar SchwartzApril 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Science

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Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland, Blake McShane and more than 800 signatories call for an end to hyped claims and the dismissal of possibly crucial effects by Valentin Amrhein, Sander Greenland & Blake McShane on the Nature website on March 20, 2019.

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The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs:

By Tamar SchwartzApril 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs: Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. What happens when it’s time to stop? By Rachel Aviv in the New Yorker on April 1, 2019.

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Albert Einstein, celebrity physicist

By Tamar SchwartzApril 8, 2019April 8, 2019 Science

Click Here to Read: Albert Einstein, celebrity physicist: In Einstein’s later years, although his contributions to physics became increasingly marginal and abstract, the press continued to trumpet his far-flung unification schemes as if they were confirmed scientific breakthroughs by Paul Halpern on The Physics Today website on Volume 72, Issue 4.

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These fossils may capture the day the dinosaurs died

By Tamar SchwartzApril 5, 2019April 5, 2019 Science

Click Here to Read: These fossils may capture the day the dinosaurs died. Here’s what you should know. Reports about a stunning site in North Dakota are making waves among paleontologists, who are eager to see more by Michael Greshko on the National Geographic website in March 2019. Psittacosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Skeleton Photo: Rauantiques. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Bone marrow transplant removes HIV from a second patient

By Tamar SchwartzApril 5, 2019April 5, 2019 Science

Click Here to Read: Bone marrow transplant removes HIV from a second patient By Benjamin Mateus on the World Socialist Website on March 29, 2019. Image: Mugwump12 Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa

By Tamar SchwartzApril 2, 2019April 2, 2019 History, Science

Click Here to Read: The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa By Lizzie Wade on the Science website on March 6, 2019.

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Are we close to solving the puzzle of consciousness?

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Are we close to solving the puzzle of consciousness? Giulio Tononi’s “integrated information theory” might solve neuroscience’s biggest puzzle by By David Robson on the BBC website on March 27, 2019.

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