Public shaming forces publisher to abandon ridiculous claim to classical music.
When is the industry going to finally fix this issue of false positives like this. Surely in the case of Bach, it should be even easier?
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👓 Using Medieval DNA to track the barbarian spread into Italy | Ars Technica
Cemeteries from the Longobard spread into Italy tell tales of migration and mixing.
👓 Top cancer expert forgot to mention $3.5M industry ties—he just resigned | Ars Technica
For years, José Baselga didn’t mention industry links in dozens of top medical pubs.
👓 Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals | New York Times
A senior official at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has received millions of dollars in payments from companies that are involved in medical research.
This makes me think that researchers should have a page on their websites (like impressum, about, or other similar pages) that lists all of their potential research conflicts? What to call it? A Disclosure page, a Financial Ties page? It could have a list of current as well as past affiliations, along with dates, and potentially the value amounts paid (which are apparently available publicly in separate filings). In addition to posting their potential conflicts and disclosures on their own websites, researchers could easily cut and paste them into their publications (or at least their students, post docs, fellow researchers, or secretaries could do this when they’re apparently too busy to make a modicum of bother to do it themselves.)
I’m kind of shocked that major publishers like Elsevier are continually saying they add so much value to the chain of publishing they do, yet somehow, in all the major profits they (and others) are making that they don’t do these sorts of checks as a matter of course.
👓 General Motors activates OnStar Crisis Assist for Hurricane Florence | Ars Technica
It will offer real-time directions, free calling, and Wi-Fi, among other aid.
👓 Here are the subjects our reporters enjoy covering the least | Ars Technica
A look at why reporting on some areas of science is just asking for pain.
👓 We Aren’t Ready For Hurricanes Like Florence | Five Thirty Eight
Despite Harvey and Rita and Sandy and Katrina and …
A FiveThirtyEight ChatHurricane Florence is headed for the Carolinas. What should the country do to prepare for storms that are getting stronger? NOAA / GETTY IMAGES cwick (Chadwick Matlin, features editor): Hello, everyone! We’re here to discuss the tremendously big, tremendously dangerous hurricane headed for the coast of the Carolinas. It has been a relatively quiet season — before Thursday, no named hurricane had made landfall in the contiguous 48 — but Hurricane Florence is piercing the calm. Many other sites have great graphics about Florence and the devastation it will likely cause, so we’re here to talk more about the science of what’s happening — and what governments should do about these destructive hurricanes that keep heading for our shores.
First question for you all: What about Florence is most striking for you?
👓 Election Update: Democrats’ Chances In The 13 Romney-Clinton Districts | Five Thirty Eight
Welcome to our Election Update for Thursday, Sept. 13! The biggest update: We now have a Senate forecast to go with our House forecast! The “Classic” version of the Senate forecast currently gives Democrats a 1 in 3 chance of flipping the upper chamber. Meanwhile, the “Classic” version of our House forecast hasn’t really changed much since yesterday: Democrats still have a 5 in 6 chance of winning control. Across thousands of simulations, Democrats’ average gain was 39 seats.
👓 Why Le’Veon Bell Might Make More Money If He Ends His Holdout Now | Five Thirty Eight
Last weekend, Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell sat out the first game of the regular season rather than play under the NFL franchise tag. Slated to earn $14.5 million in guaranteed money in 2018, Bell loses out on $855,529 each week he fails to report. The franchise tag would make Bell the third highest paid running back in the NFL this season — but only if he actually plays. Around the league, there is a wide range of speculation on how long Bell’s holdout will last. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that his sources believe Bell could be back by the end of September, while others note his holdout could conceivably last through Week 10.
👓 The White House Unified On Old Issues — And Then Started New Fights | Five Thirty Eight
The Trump administration has deep internal conflicts. That was true when President Trump was sworn into office, and it’s true now. But the nature of those conflicts has changed: The mostly ideological fights of 2017 seem to have somewhat subsided, while issues around Russia are creating new (and maybe even bigger) fissures.
👓 Significant Digits For Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 | Five Thirty Eight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news.
👓 Analysis | Robert Mueller may have just eliminated one of Trump’s biggest complaints | Washington Post
Philip Bump (Washington Post)Trump likes to complain about the cost of the Mueller probe. It might just have paid for itself.
I read this headline and think that they’ve written it specifically for a one person audience.
👓 Wil Wheaton Has a Listening Problem | Amber Enderton
Wil Wheaton has left Mastodon after facing pressure and hostility from both the community and the staff. Yesterday, Wheaton got bofa’d. A…
👓 Social Media Mobs | inessential
The mob never apologized. Mobs never do.
👓 ‘It’s Like Amazon, But for Preschool’ | Hack Education
A year ago, the richest man in the world asked Twitter for suggestions on how he should most efficiently and charitably spend his wealth. And today, Jeff Bezos unveiled a few details about his plan...