Some Axioms, Popular Notions, and Misconceptions Regarding Cardiovascular Control

Car phones and car crashes: some popular misconceptions.

in a widely cited medical journal, in which we reported an association between cellular telephone calls and motor vehicle collisions. During that week we participated in more than 50 media interviews because we think scientists have an obligation to communicate with society. During subsequent years we have stayed in the academic field analyzing the limitations, implications and misquotations of...

Some Popular Misconceptions About Magnetic Recording History and Theory

Magnetic recording was first proposed by Oberlin Smith in 1878, but the first working recorder was not built until 1898, by Poulsen [1] [2]. The early magnetic recorders all used a steel wire or tape, but these were “non-starters” – too clumsy, not easily spliceable, too heavy, and too expensive. In those days there were no electronic amplifiers, and the distortion was much too high, so magneti...

Popular misconceptions: agricultural biotechnology.

Agricultural biotechnology, especially genetic engineering or genetic modification (GM), is a topic of considerable controversy worldwide. The public debate is fraught with polarized views and opinions, some are held with religious zeal. Unfortunately, it is also marked with much ignorance and misinformation. Here we explore some popular misconceptions encountered in the public debate.

Simple Forcing Notions and Forcing Axioms

Some Misconceptions about Genetics

providing a succinct summary of what is known about the opportunities for psychia try that are likely to derive from genetic findings as they emerge from future re search. The research techniques used in both quantitative genetics (Rutter et a!, 1990a) and molecular genetics (Owen & McGuffin, 1993; Lander & Schork, 1994; Risch & Merikangas, 1996) have been the subject of previous non-technical ...