What Is the Biggest Scientific Fraud of the Past 50 Years?

 https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-biggest-scientific-fraud-of-the-past-50-yea-1845737669

Where science went wrong, or got led astray. 

A collection of the best math and science stuff

 https://abakcus.com/

maybe heavier on the math

Anti-vaxxers How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/anti-vaxxers
apparently using logic and science is ineffective against them. 

200 Researchers, 5 Hypotheses, No Consistent Answers

https://www.wired.com/story/200-researchers-5-hypotheses-no-consistent-answers
Many ways to ask the same question yields many different answers. Research reproducibility and social sciences. 

Statisticians want to abandon science’s standard measure of ‘significance’

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/statisticians-standard-measure-significance-p-values
Is this just a reaction against "p hacking"? What should the new standard be?

https://medium.com/@barmstrong/ideas-on-how-to-improve-scientific-research-9e2e56474132

https://medium.com/@barmstrong/ideas-on-how-to-improve-scientific-research-9e2e56474132
It's high time for the wikificaiton of basic research.

How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Science

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-science-20190311
Using AI to spot patterns in science. 

The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/
Time for science-based addiction treatments.

Psychology’s Replication Crisis Is Running Out of Excuses

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/psychologys-replication-crisis-real/576223/
Only half of psychology studies are repeatable.

The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002106
Excellent journal article about statistical fudging in scientific papers. 

WELCOME TO THE ZOONIVERSE People-powered research

https://www.zooniverse.org/
a platform for citizen science. mostly classifications, it seems.

x​Solver is a solver for engineering and scientific equations.

https://www.fxsolver.com/
common science and engineering equation solver

The Journal of Open Source Software

http://joss.theoj.org/
Curated list of open source software for scientific research.

Child’s play The authoritative statement of scientific method derives from a surprising place — early 20th-century child psychology

https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-scientific-method-came-from-watching-children-play
Are children scientists? Are scientists children? Child psychology and the scientific method.

5 scientific myths you probably believe about the Universe

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/5-scientific-myths-you-probably-believe-about-the-universe-9a34597d7435#.aunmlgdv6
Five scientific (actually physics) myths that are common

Entropy Explained, With Sheep

https://aatishb.github.io/entropy/
At last, an explanation of entropy that gets it right. It's quantum degeneracy.

Names for four new elements get seal of approval

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/names-four-new-elements-get-seal-approval
Official names for four new elements. They don't roll off the tongue.

KiwiCrate: STEM box club

http://www.kiwicrate.com/
Interesting new subscription box club for kids' STEM education projects. #STEM

The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process

As father of a recently-minted PhD in Physics, this article on the problems in modern #science rings true: 

A Bird’s-Eye View of Nature’s Hidden Order

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160712-hyperuniformity-found-in-birds-math-and-physics/
Today's word: "hyperuniformity" and how it applies to physical systems: