Not to be contrarian, but isn’t peer review the point of most scientific research? Scientists should be free to make mistakes to be uncovered by other scientists who can’t reproduce the results. I think the real story here is that when third parties, whether they be the “mainstream” media (meaning non-scientific journals), the government, or the military take research out of context, that’s where science can become pathological.
On another note, that ball and stick diagram of the polywater crystal gives me high-school-chem heeby jeebies. Triple-bonded oxygen? Double-bonded hydrogen?? Not in MY molecules!
