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Simon Oxenham
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Unapologetically outspoken critic of bad science journalism and bad science in psychology and neuroscience.
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2018-01-29 21:40
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scisteem
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2018-07-08 19:45
simoxenham reblogged
The EU Has A Poll About Daylight Saving Time
The European Commission has started a public poll that has the goal of finding out whether Europeans want to keep or abolish daylight saving time. Daylight Saving Time By Mike Licht CC BY 2.0 via Flickr.com
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steemstem
2018-07-05 15:23
ASMR Has Real Physiological Effects According To New Study
If you’ve stumbled upon the incredibly bizarre but wildly popular world of autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) videos on Youtube, you’ll have probably wondered whether the strange tingling effects
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science
2018-07-02 12:08
simoxenham reblogged
Sci-Hub & the future of publishing: Library Science Talk in Zurich
Here is the recording of a presentation I recently gave on June 26, 2018 at Zentralbibliothek Zürich in Switzerland. The topic is Sci-Hub and the future of publishing. Introduction by Lothar Schmitt. The
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news
2018-06-28 16:06
The “Pit of Despair Experiment” Trump is Recreating
Trump has offered immigrant families a Harlowesque choice In the 1970’s, psychologist Harry Harlow ran an experiment that should never have been conducted but it seems our society needs to be reminded
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news
2018-06-09 08:24
England doesn’t know it yet, but it should be celebrating a major victory
Enemies of intellectual dishonesty in public discourse, rejoice! This week Paul Dacre, editor of the UK’s best selling newspaper, the Daily Mail, announced he will step down as editor of the publication
simoxenham
steemstem
2018-05-24 14:19
r/science admins admit routinely deleting top posts
Reddit’s science subreddit is the undisputed front page of popular science on the internet. The subreddit introduces millions of people to high-quality science content on a daily basis, as posts on r/science
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blog
2018-05-03 17:41
Looking Out For Friends
A few days ago I lost a best friend. He died far too young. I will always regret not doing more to help him and be there for him through his internal struggles. I have no more that I want to say here,
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steemstem
2018-04-26 12:01
How Blockchains Could Fix Science
I began this series by saying: I have a dream for science on Steem. If you haven’t already guessed by now, my dream is for a decentralised, blockchain-based, scientific journal run democratically by scientists
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steemstem
2018-04-25 12:07
Why Science Blogging Needs Saving
You would never guess from reading the newspaper, but much of the very best investigative science journalism today actually originates from blogs. Science blogs serve as an intersection between journalists
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steem
2018-04-24 12:10
What Is Steem and Why Do I Think It Could Be Revolutionary?
Around a couple of years ago, after several years of science blogging and watching the demise of blog network after blog network, I took the decision to stop blogging and move into science journalism.
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steemstem
2018-04-23 12:27
simoxenham reblogged
Step away from the computer game
Source: Pexels Some people can come up with a brilliant idea for a steemit post, then immediately sit down and dig up the required research and reading. Having spent several hours acquiring all the necessary
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introduceyourself
2018-04-23 12:07
I Have a Dream for Science on Steem
Hello Steemit, thank you for welcoming me into your blockchain tribe! I’m fairly new here, but I’ve been observing this blockchain for some time and having seen its potential, I’ve decided to move my blog
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science
2018-04-22 19:20
A Quick Heads Up
I'm starting an exciting new #science #academic #publishing #blockchain #crypto project tomorrow at 1PM BST (8AM EDT) Watch this space!
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cryptocurrency
2018-03-06 17:41
How the bitcoin boom could help bring legal medical MDMA by 2021
This is my first post on Steemit, a blockchain-based platform where contributions are paid in cryptocurrency based on the votes they receive. I’m a science journalist and this is a story that I didn’t
