So true! The health of scientific literature is not in the articles that claim things, but in the follow-up articles that verify and/or disprove. Skepticism is

So true! The health of scientific literature is not in the articles that claim things, but in the follow-up articles that verify and/or disprove. Skepticism is at the very core of science. Partly to blame are the "non-fiction/science&nature" book category, and the journalist/writer cross-breed who chain-write in newspapers, magazines and churn out books from their articles every year. At first, the really good ones were a welcome addition to Science literature, for bringing the science to our daily lives. But then they became part of the "where it bleeds, it leads" culture, sans proper journalism and sans scientific thought. Scientists may make fun of how journal articles are covered in newspapers and blogs, but the negative effects of such coverage are quite real.