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In Wikipedia we trust? websnapr

"An increasing number of academics ... are concerned that Wikipedia is becoming a stronghold for cranks: people who anonymously submit and edit entries on pet subjects to bolster the credibility
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.badscience.net/?p=362

Ms Gillian McKeith - Banned From Calling Herself A Doct ... websnapr

"For years, ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith has used her title to sell TV shows, diet books and herbal sex pills. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in." A result for sanity and scienc
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.livescience.com/bestimg/result.php?back=&cat=myths

The Most Popular Myths in Science websnapr

Does what it says on the tin; via Chris Roberson.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1986880,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=18

The waist land: researchers find key to beauty websnapr

"A slim waist is a timeless, universal sign of feminine beauty, according to psychologists examining the works of romantic scribes over two millennia." Yeah, real scientific. This sort of he
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2006/09/a_plea_to_save_new_scientist.html

A Plea to Save "New Scientist" websnapr

"The SF writer Greg Egan has issued the following public plea to save the magazine New Scientist. Please take a look, and consider sending them an email." He's not pleased with coverage of t
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.physics.brocku.ca/etc/cargo_cult_science.html

"Cargo Cult Science" - by Richard Feynman websnapr

From a Caltech commencement address given in 1974. Feynman was unarguably one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Century.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/1128_walkableurbanism_leinberger.aspx

Footloose and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Ur ... websnapr

I still have to read this in detail, but I think rationally any study that ranks DC as the most walkable city in the country is inherently flawed and anyone who has been to DC & Philadelphia/Chica
>30 days ago by justindula, 1 User, more info save
http://www.forbes.com/2007/06/11/defense-sprawl-suburbs-biz-21cities_cx_rb_0611sprawl.html

In Defense Of Sprawl - Forbes.com websnapr

Sprawl in itself is not a bad thing. What is bad is the concept of "sprawl" itself, which by lumping together all kinds of issues, some real and important and some trivial or irrelevant, has
>30 days ago by justindula, 1 User, more info save
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/26/ar2007012601589.html?referrer=delicious

"5 Myths About Suburbia and Our Car-Happy Culture& ... websnapr

They don't rate up there with cancer and al-Qaeda -- at least not yet -- but suburban sprawl and automobiles are rapidly acquiring a reputation as scourges of modern American society. Sprawl, goes the
>30 days ago by justindula, 1 User, more info save
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/columns/article_1377918.php

Article - Opinion - Suburbs a sin to Smart Growthers websnapr

I love the fact that smart growth policies are medling in the economy, but the 50+ years of subsidies to suburban transportation and development are free market... Also the planners are communists mot
>30 days ago by justindula, 1 User, more info save

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