True Must See TV: John Oliver on Science, Hype, and Science Reporting

This is really really really worth watching. I was pointed to it by dozens of people. And they were all right about it. Thanks people.

Also see these stories about it

John Oliver’s rant about science reporting should be taken seriously by John Timmer in Ars Technica
When Science Reporting Goes Horribly, Horribly Wrong – Phil Plait in Slate
John Oliver explains why so much ‘science’ you read about is bogus – Rachel Feltman in the Washington Post
Megan Thielking in Stat

Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis View all posts by Jonathan Eisen

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New paper from Eisen Lab – on ” The Genome Encyclopedia of Spacecraft Associated Microbes (GESAM)” project March 13, 2023

New data report paper out from my lab and others. Basically this is a report of genome sequences and some other measures such as MLADIMALDI-TOF) of bacteria isolated by NASA from some of their spacecraft (before they were sent to space). See “Draft Genome Sequences of Spacecraft-Associated Microbes Isolated from Six NASA Missions” https://journals.asm.org/do […]

New paper from Eisen lab and others … on challenges with relic RNA in SARS-CoV-2 environmental surveys April 27, 2022

New paper out from my lab and other labs. Zuniga-Montanez R, Coil DA, Eisen JA, Pechacek R, Guerrero RG, Kim M, Shapiro K, Bischel HN. The challenge of SARS-CoV-2 environmental monitoring in schools using floors and portable HEPA filtration units: Fresh or relic RNA? PLoS One. 2022 Apr 22;17(4):e0267212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267212. PMID: 35452479; PMC […]

New preprint out from my lab and others about environmental monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 in schools and in part about how difficult this is November 18, 2021

New preprint out on from the Eisen Lab and others. This is from a collaboration between David Coil, Heather Bischel, Karen Shapiro, Randi Pechacek, Roque G. Guerrero, Minji Kim, and Rogelio Zuniga-Montanez (first author) at University of California, Davis. It is about environmental monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 in schools and, well, in part about how difficul […]

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