P rofessor David Norman is exasperated. “The Times is fortunate to have, in Tom Whipple and Rhys Blakely, two of the best science writers of any British newspaper. Whether the subject is the magnetic pole or mammoth DNA, they write informative articles that elicit some interesting additional comments from readers online.
” All good, so far. “But,” he goes on, “why do articles about science also attract silly comments from people who know nothing about the subject and spoil it for the rest of us? These good articles do not deserve such treatment.” He should try reading the comments on our fashion stories if he thinks the science ones are silly.
That aside, I think he should bear in mind that The Times is a newspaper, not.
