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captain cook & global warming – who’d have thought?

September 22, 2008 | Alison | critical thinking

This one comes directly from the pages of Ben Goldacre’s BadScience blog – an excellent example of why media reports on science need to be read (listened to?) carefully and with your critical thinking antennae twitching: Here is a cautionary tale for anyone working in research. “Captain Cook and Lord Nelson seem unlikely figureheads in […]

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Swan girl - portrait of the author as a young scientist This blog in response to comments from secondary school biology teachers. I hope to use it as a way of encouraging critical thinking, looking at scientific papers that are relevant to the Level 3 curriculum and to Scholarship.

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