In February 1997, I launched the monthly and later weekly journal Science World, ISSN 1367-6172. The image above is from the spoof news site http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28269 which says:'Stephen Jay Gould Speaks Out Against Science Paparazzi' August 22, 2001 Issue 37•29:
'... According to Gould, paparazzi often use illegal means to secure photos for such notoriously disreputable tabloids as Science World Weekly and Starz, which bills itself as "your most trusted source for astronomy celebrity news."
'Exacerbating the situation is the fact that paparazzi photos often accompany stories that are inaccurate or outright libelous.
'"The tabloids make little effort to ground their stories in reality," Gould said. "A recent Science World Weekly story claimed I was starting a project in organic stereochemistry and conformational analysis, which is preposterous.
'Another tabloid recently ran a contest offering the winner a romantic evening carbon-dating fossils with me in my lab. I never agreed to any such contest." '
This is totally false, it was never published in Science World Weekly!
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