Scientists find 'smallest fish'

[Jyera]

"flaws" refers to the 7 points I mentioned.
Which a skeptic would easily be able to pick up, and use them to question the reliability of the article.

Granted the article is published for the public.
But I felt that from a skeptics point of view, the article is not up to standard.

If it is an intentional fraud, it would have been damaging.

I want them to show a real magnified fish.
To know how a new type of fish looks like.
Not something that looks like "gold" mined from a person's nostril.

 

[Darat]

"flaws" refers to the 7 points I mentioned.
Which a skeptic would easily be able to pick up, and use them to question the reliability of the article.

Which as I showed were not "flaws".

Granted the article is published for the public.
But I felt that from a skeptics point of view, the article is not up to standard.

From a "skeptics point of view" the article was more then up to scratch since it provided references back to the original sources.

If it is an intentional fraud, it would have been damaging.

Damaging for who?

I want them to show a real magnified fish.

They did.

To know how a new type of fish looks like.
Not something that looks like "gold" mined from a person's nostril.

That sounds as if you want them to alter what the fish looks like? That is hardly a skeptical approach!

 

[veggie doll]

OT but the detail on that guys finger looks eerily similar to mine.

 

[Belz...]

This is one cell!

Really ? What is that ??

I feel like a young child, discovering the world, again.

 

[Capsid]

Really ? What is that ??

I feel like a young child, discovering the world, again.

It's a marine algae called Ventricaria ventricosa or commonly called sailor's eyeballs. My wife keeps a marine aquarium and they grow very well in it; a bit too well really.

 

[Belz...]

It's a marine algae called Ventricaria ventricosa or commonly called sailor's eyeballs. My wife keeps a marine aquarium and they grow very well in it; a bit too well really.

Sooo.... what makes it so big ? I suppose it's not just the cell itself.

 

[Capsid]

Sooo.... what makes it so big ? I suppose it's not just the cell itself.

It's just a bag of water really and keeps it shape by turgor pressure. If you pop it then it deflates. I'm really not sure how it grows but it is the subject of some research investigating how it transports water across its membrane (which I didn't follow very well ).

 

[Jyera]

The BBC article is at least not up to my standard.
I'm not saying it isn't true. But I have higher expectation of the way BBC publish their article. I do think highly of BBC Radio, and listen to it while I shun the local radio station. I like BBC produced documentaries too. But this article is poorly done.

The local newspaper did a better job than BBC.
1. They provide a name of the researcher involved.
(At least I now know one researcher by name, and if it is a fraud I know who to look for.)

2. They showed the fishes in a proper posture and angle, you can see clearly where is the fin, eye, mouth, tail. (No imagination needed)

3. They showed numerous such fishes in a small glass tank. Obviously alive.
(Much more convincing than a picture of a single, dead-looking "thing".)

4. They provided a sense of scale, the glass tank of fishes have been photographed with one of the researchers named in the article. (just his head)

5. They nevertheless showed the dubious piece of ???? on the thumb.

6. They mentioned that the ex-champion was a fish measuring 8mm (compared to this one at 7.9mm) This gave good comparison.