Welcome to “Vibe Science”
Anecdotes mount in a worrisome way, and open data is possibly slopsquatting
Kent Anderson
Friday Song: “Drive”
A song about fear provides solace and strength as life rolls on
This Week’s Texting Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Krumholz, the CDC, and Vaccines
Another anti-vax preprint, and an associate of React19 comes up in testimony
Pod: “Are We Breaking Peer Review?”
Where we explain what Peer Review Week really represents each passing year
NIH RFI Attracts Bad Apples
eDonkey2000 plebes, ASAPbio, self-styled radicals, and Eisen clones cry “open”
Is PragerU a Propaganda Engine?
Not an educator, it spends most of its money on ads, marketing, and influence
This Week’s Texting Discoveries
We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch
Pod: Safeguarding Science from AI
An interview with Olivia Guest and Iris van Rooij
Song: “Kickstart My Heart”
A hot young band — even younger in this — covers a Mötley Crüe classic