Reforming libel law: A city named sue Nov 13, 2009
A prominent British science writer, Simon Singh, is facing a potentially ruinous libel action brought by a body representing chiropractors (who offer a form of alternative medicine with quasi-religious roots and maintain, among other things, that spine massage can improve the body s innate intelligence ). Mr Singh called chiropractice bogus. (The Economist)
All the golden gossip from the British Science Festival Sep 8, 2009
Writer Simon Singh delivered an entertaining and passionate plea for the media to respect mathematics instead of reporting stories that make mathematicians look trivial or bonkers. Singh's evidence was convincing. (BBC News -- Science)
* UK libel laws a danger to global economy Jul 21, 2009
Academics have noted the willingness of the judiciary to allow believers in alternative chiropractic therapy to sue science writer Simon Singh, and can imagine all too graphically what would happen to them. Chiropractors are small-time operators working from suburban offices, one said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
SARS spurs China to act on AIDS May 22, 2009
A public meeting on Monday in support of science writer Simon Singh highlighted the dangers of the English libel system for all journalists and bloggers, says Graham Lawton. Astronauts are set to return home after five days of spacewalks aimed at giving the 19-year-old telescope its best view of the cosmos yet. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Smart switching could solve communication tangle May 22, 2009
A public meeting on Monday in support of science writer Simon Singh highlighted the dangers of the English libel system for all journalists and bloggers, says Graham Lawton. High levels of a chemical that seems to increase creativity in really intelligent people has the opposite effect in those of average intellect. (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)
Codebreaking: impossible job? Apr 17, 2009
Simon Singh, author of "The Code Book", a history of codes, said: "Modern codes are effectively unbreakable, very cheap and widely available. I could send an email today and all the world's secret services using all the computers in the world would not be able to break it. The code maker definitely has a huge advantage over the codebreaker." ... Simon Singh says that sometimes there is a backdoor way in through deliberately corrupted software: "There is always the chance of human error.... (BBC News -- Science)
