Inspector General Investigated For Muzzling Inconvenient Science
SOURCE: SLASHDOT • 2011-09-17
Layzej writes Federal biologist Charles Monnett was placed on administrative leave July 18 pending final results of an inspector general's investigation into integrity issues. The investigation originally focused on a 2006 note published in Polar Biology based on a unique observation of four dead polar bears. The investigators acknowledged that they had no formal training in science, but later demonstrated a complete misunderstanding of science, the peer review process, and at times basic mat... read more »