PolicyApril 1, 2017
Politicians Shouldn't Troll through Scientists' E-Mails
They are useless in evaluating whether research results are correct
Stories by Kevin Cowtan
Kevin Cowtan is a research fellow in the department of chemistry at the University of York, England. His main area of research has been the automated determination of the atomic structure of biological macromolecules; however, he has also published papers on biases in the instrumental temperature record and is a contributor a number of other areas of climate research. He is also interested in science communication and e-Learning tools.
PolicyJanuary 4, 2017
Political Investigation Is Not the Way to Scientific Truth
Independent replication is the key to verification; trolling through scientists' e-mails looking for out-of-context "gotcha" statements isn't