We might err, but science is self-correcting -John Krebs - Times Online
My non-scientist friends are beginning to ask me "What's gone wrong with science?" Revelations about melting glaciers and potentially dodgy emails about global warming, the resurfacing of Andrew Wakefield and the MMR scare, and the sacking of the Government's drugs adviser, have created the impression for some people that science is in a mess.
Of course science isn't in a mess, nor has anything changed. But the stories underline two important features of scientists and science...
My non-scientist friends are beginning to ask me "What's gone wrong with science?" Revelations about melting glaciers and potentially dodgy emails about global warming, the resurfacing of Andrew Wakefield and the MMR scare, and the sacking of the Government's drugs adviser, have created the impression for some people that science is in a mess.
Of course science isn't in a mess, nor has anything changed. But the stories underline two important features of scientists and science...
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