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Oops! Prestigious Science Journal Retracts Climate Study That Predicted Imminent Economic Catastrophe
Hoo boy. Sometimes, you might do something so embarrassing, so humiliating, that you want to hide in the closet. The prestigious science journal Nature may be thinking about doing that right about now, because on Wednesday, they officially…
Goldberg: Serious journalism scandal hides inside sexual one
By Michelle Goldberg / The New York Times One thing I almost respect about 'American Canto,' Olivia Nuzzi's chaotic and elliptical new book about the simultaneous implosions of her life and of America, is that she doesn't pander. The former…
Tom Houlihan, co-founder of HF Chronicle and longtime Star columnist, remembered for life in community journalism
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Tom Houlihan, a longtime columnist for the Star and one of the founding members of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle, died Nov. 23 following a decision to end cancer treatment in favor of palliative care.
Disgraced ex-CNN anchor Valerie Hoff DeCarlo, who quit journalism after using N-word, dead at 62
A disgraced CNN anchor who was ousted from the journalism industry after she used the N-word in a private exchange with a black source died at 62 last week after a battle with lung cancer. Valerie Hoff DeCarlo served as an anchor on CNN from 1992…
What peer support in journalism looks like
This piece about peer support in journalism first appeared on Source, a project of OpenNews. We're republishing it on The Journalist's Resource under a Creative Commons license. Journalists are increasingly facing online abuse and psychological…
A Huge Retraction: Journal Nature has finally retracted 'fatally flawed' study used to 'justify projections of catastrophic future climate impacts' - Authors admit errors are 'too substantial' for just a correction
Some huge news dropped today that will reverberate through climate science and policy. Nature has finally retracted “The Economic Commitment of Climate Change,” by Kotz et al. (KLW24), more than 18 months after first learning that the…
Sterile Neutrino Prediction Muddled by Latest Experiments
Just how many types of neutrinos are there in the universe anyway? Two papers published on Wednesday in the journal Nature are the latest to count the particles, which flood the universe, have almost no mass and interact antisocially with the rest…
Japan's fitness industry is catering to a new clientele: health-conscious seniors
Machines clank and weights clatter at gyms across Japan, but the people working out aren't your typical bodybuilders — many are in their 60s, 70s or even 80s, following tailored exercise programs in pursuit of longevity. According to last…
Google's Year in Search 2025: These trending topics spiked big
Google today released its 2025 Year in Search list, but don't mistake it for a ranking of the “top searches” or the “most searched” terms. This year's recap focused on trending queries – the topics that grew the…
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
Representative Elise Stefanik of New York called Speaker Mike Johnson a habitual liar. Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated with the Louisiana Republican and sick of the way he has run the House —…
Multilateralism works even as U.S., fossil fuel industry oppose climate action, U.N. chief says
The final outcome of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil last month was 'disappointing,' but showed multilateralism still works in the absence of the United States' participation and amid growing geopolitical tensions, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio…
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The Job Market Is In Its Worst Stretch Since The Pandemic
Private employers lost 32,000 jobs in November, the third month of job losses in the last four. Job growth has been eroding for months, with tariffs playing a significant role in the slowdown. Weak job growth could push officials at the Federal…
FDA changes heads of drug research and OTC drugs in latest shakeup
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been rocked by recent changes to several leadership roles while it has grappled with how to handle new vaccine guidance. The agency has changed — five times this year — its director for…
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A Major Markets Operator Suffered a Technical Glitch That Left Traders Scrambling. Should You Be Worried?
CME Group's derivatives markets went dark last Friday after a vital data center run by a third party overheated. The technical glitch showed how much global financial markets depend on a few key institutions. The potential for a hugely damaging…
7 SEO, Marketing, And Tech Predictions For 2026
This is my 8th time publishing annual predictions. As always, the goal is not to be right but to practice thinking. For example, in 2018, I predicted “Niche communities will be discovered as a great channel for growth” and…
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