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Tylenol and autism
Why normal papers make history
Sep 29 • 
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"Science has always been a bit shit"
It evolved that way
Sep 24 • 
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Watching the watchmen at NIH
A FOIA mystery is solved
Sep 3 • 
Alex Byrnes

August 2025

A document request reveals NIH’s approach to the law
"The spirit of the FOIA"
Aug 25 • 
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COVID origin may be simple
Each market is safe
Aug 11 • 
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Updates on older posts
April to July 2025
Aug 5 • 
Alex Byrnes

July 2025

The politics of embarrassment: Part III
Universities are worth having
Jul 28 • 
Alex Byrnes
The politics of embarrassment: Part II
Centralized open science
Jul 21 • 
Alex Byrnes
The politics of embarrassment
How Lakatos anticipated science's culture war
Jul 14 • 
Alex Byrnes
A student's guide to post-publication review
Classroom discussion prompts covering study design, statistical flexibility, and effect size
Jul 7 • 
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June 2025

The "broken clock" reaction to politics in science
We wanted Republicans to agree eventually, not now.
Jun 27 • 
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No YOU'RE a slug
Holden Thorp's war of words
Jun 26 • 
Alex Byrnes
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