by rss feed | Jan 7, 2025 | anti-aging, Charles Brenner, Charles Brenner David Sinclair, News Feeds, Science hype
Professor Charles Brenner of City of Hope does great research, but I also applaud his efforts against longevity hype. Recently, Brenner and James Timmons publicly questioned some of the work of Harvard Professor David Sinclair. It’s a notable case of academics...
by rss feed | Dec 26, 2024 | News Feeds, Science hype, Science Hype Award, The Screamers
Each year I give out The Screamers Awards. As far as I know it’s the only science hype award in the world. The Screamers Awards recognize extreme examples of science hype, most often by the media. The major focus is on the biomedical sciences, but other areas of...
by rss feed | Dec 7, 2021 | Fact-check, News Feeds, Science hype, xenobot, xenobots
A clever idea to try to use AI to make cellular machines has produced something being called xenobots. However, the research is getting overblown in some ways. What does this have to do with Zambonis? Read on. What are xenobots? A xenobot is supposed to be a cellular...
by rss feed | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, News Feeds, Science hype, stem cell hype, stem cells, Stem cells for COVID-19
At times there’s been seriously bad journalism covering COVID-19 itself including implications of various things being a COVID cure. Of course, media coverage of stem cell research itself sometimes ends up being a train-wreck of hype too. More recently...
by rss feed | Jan 20, 2021 | convalescent plasma, COVID-19, hype, News Feeds, science awards, Science hype, Stephen Hahn, The Screamers
Today’s post announces the winner of the 2020 The Screamers Science Hype Award. Since this is the inaugural year for The Screamers, I’m just going to give out one main award: Overall Worst Science Hype. Science Hype Award to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn...
by rss feed | Jan 20, 2021 | convalescent plasma, COVID-19, hype, News Feeds, science awards, Science hype, Stephen Hahn, The Screamers
Today’s post announces the winner of the 2020 The Screamers Science Hype Award. Since this is the inaugural year for The Screamers, I’m just going to give out one main award: Overall Worst Science Hype. Science Hype Award to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn...
