Tagged: hype

Forget fake news – the bigger problem in science is PR hype! - Griffin's Gadgets

Peter Griffin • Aug 18, 2017 •

• fake news,
• hype,
• research,
• Victor Chang

Thousands of scientific journal papers are being published every week and their authors and institutions are often under intense pressure to generate interest in the research beyond the world of peer review. Research leader Professor Sally Dunwoodie from the Victor Chang Institute with her team. Credit: Victor Chang Institute That can be a healthy thing – it is increasingly … Read More

De-extinction: more hype than hope - Wild Science

Helen Taylor • Mar 08, 2017 •

• conservation,
• de-extinction,
• hype

Efforts to resurrect extinct species could divert funding away from conserving extant species, but a more basic issue with “de-extinction” is the misinformation surrounding the topic. A recent study by New Zealand and Australian researchers puts a price on “de-extinction”. The team also estimate how many native extant species might be lost by directing these funds away from existing … Read More

F1000 Research (squeee!), Higgs hyping and string theory - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Jan 31, 2012 •

• F1000,
• F1000 Research,
• god particle,
• Grand Unified Theory,
• GUT,
• gyes,
• Higgs boson,
• hype,
• media,
• Michio Kaku,
• physics,
• press releases,
• string theory

Huzzah, more open science news! Plans were released today for the launch of F1000 Research, an F1000 initiative. F1000, for those for whom the name doesn’t ring a bell, are the ‘Faculty of 1000, which release post-publication peer reviews of scientific literature. They often do big metareviews. And they are, at least to my knowledge, [...] … Read More

Rugby World Cup Hype - Skepticon

Darcy Cowan • Jun 29, 2011 •

• comedy,
• football,
• historic,
• hype,
• Mitchell and Webb,
• overhyped,
• pointless,
• rugby,
• Sciblogs

I try not to just post videos but I was reminded of this skit when contemplating an ad for the highly priced (and prized) RWC 2011 tickets, and remarks over it being an “Historic Event”. Filed under: Sciblogs, Uncategorized Tagged: comedy, football, historic, hype, Mitchell and Webb, overhyped, pointless, rugby … Read More

Overhyping (Nano)technology - Molecular Matters

Michael Edmonds • Feb 12, 2011 •

• hype,
• Nanotechnology

The other day I was channel surfing and caught the end of a short clip on nanotechnology on one of the documentary channels. I thought this would be interesting to watch as I am off to A Big Discussion About Small Things at the Christchurch College of Education next week.  However I was very annoyed to hear the presenter make a very … Read More