In his new book Wrong, science journalist David H. Freedman asks why scientific pronouncements often turn out to be misleading, exaggerated or entirely off the mark. Freedman ponders: “If tests of the exact same idea routinely generate differing, even opposite, results, then what are we supposed to believe?”
Brian T. Maurer has practiced pediatrics as a Physician Assistant for thirty years. His "Marginal Notes" column appears periodically in the Cell2Soul Blog. The title "Marginal Notes" is taken from a quote by Henry David Thoreau: "I love a broad margin to my life."