Author Archives: J.S. Pailly

What’s Inside a Xenophyophore?
July 29, 2021
The clearest definition I’ve found for “morphospecies” comes from Wiktionary. According to Wiktionary, a morphospecies is: “A species [...]

Sciency Words: Morphospecies
July 26, 2021
Metascience is when science “gets meta” and studies itself, with the specific aim of making published scientific research more accurate and [...]

Sciency Words: Metascience
July 19, 2021
This came up as part of my ongoing research about research, and it’s another example of how scientific research can go wrong.

Sciency Words: File-Drawer Effect
July 14, 2021