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About those lionfish

Posted on July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 By Andrew Thaler 3 Comments on About those lionfish
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We’ve been monitoring the situation surrounding a south Florida lionfish study that’s been blowing up the headlines thanks to a feel-good story about a young student’s science fair project and a subsequent controversy surrounding a former grad student who feels slighted for having his name left out of the research. We decided not to comment on it while the story unfolded and wove its way through a dozen twist and turns.

Rather than rehashing events now, I point you to Spiny media battle highlights importance of scientific credit by Bethany Brookshire and If a 12-year-old’s “breakthrough” sounds too good to be true… by Tara Haelle as the most comprehensive and authoritative dissections of this unfortunate chain of events.

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3 thoughts on “About those lionfish”

  1. Greg Barron says:
    July 28, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    SFS is a good resource. Keep it up folks.

    Greg Barron

  2. Andrew David Thaler says:
    July 28, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Thank you! That means the world to us.

  3. Tara says:
    July 29, 2014 at 3:56 am

    Thanks for the shout out! I tried to compile as many relevant links (including the excellent Discover chronology by Christie Wilcox) in the post.

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