peer review Improving Q&As with peer-review Cory Doctorow

security WPA2 was kracked because it was based on a closed standard that you needed to pay to read Cory Doctorow

Business Predatory "scientific journals" tricked into publishing Star Wars-themed hoax Cory Doctorow

Science The work of the world's leading nutrition researchers appears to be riddled with statistical errors Cory Doctorow

Science Psychology journal editor asked to resign for refusing to review papers unless he can see the data Rob Beschizza

spooks NSA and GCHQ's crappy Big Data techniques may be killing thousands of innocents Cory Doctorow

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

genes Your chances of having severe Covid-19 might be linked to your blood type, study finds Carla Sinclair

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus Stop spreading unconfirmed COVID-19 symptoms around Thom Dunn

coronavirus Cats and coronavirus: 3rd animal case in Hong Kong, and SARS-CoV-2 can replicate in cats says new China study Xeni Jardin

Science The subreddit r/coronavirus is a pretty great COVID-19 news source with 1.2M+ members Xeni Jardin

epa Federal court rules that Scott Pruitt’s sham EPA can’t ban scientists from its scientific advisory board Thom Dunn

books I'm re-reading The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession Mark Frauenfelder

crime You will be helped! Research using real-world situations fails to replicate the "bystander effect" Cory Doctorow