losers Experts rank Donald Trump as worst president ever in new survey (guess who came in first) Carla Sinclair
catfish alligator hybrids Catfish injected with alligator genes found to be more disease resistant than wild catfish Jennifer Sandlin
Science Why bad science is sometimes "more appealing" than good science, even for other scientists David Pescovitz
facebook New research claims that Facebook is 5 times more polarizing for conservatives than liberals Thom Dunn
publishing Elsevier: "It's illegal to Sci-Hub." Also Elsevier: "We link to Sci-Hub all the time." Cory Doctorow
health Are mobile phones actually making young people's skulls develop 'hornlike spikes'? Xeni Jardin
Science Europe's massive plan to require open access for all science gets two new backers: Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation Cory Doctorow
scholarship Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria death toll is 70 times higher than the official count Cory Doctorow
uk "Economic murder": Senior UK public health researchers say 120,000 people died under Tory austerity Cory Doctorow
Science The work of the world's leading nutrition researchers appears to be riddled with statistical errors Cory Doctorow
crime For the past 40 years, the presence of immigrants in US cities was correlated with a reduction in violent and property crime Cory Doctorow