I'm sad to have become a science skeptic, because science has always seemed like the last bastion of progress. Hypothesis + experiment = truth.

Now it's way complicated, with economic reality imposing itself on what and how things get investigated. And results? Plopped into the lap of writers who spin the language however the headlines or bestselling titles favor.

Linked to? Yeah, right. Associated with? Don't go there. Cancer breakthrough? Not so fast, buddy.

Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It. Closer than most.