Corrections from the last week.

Corrections from the last week.

Corrections from the last week.

Slate's mistakes.
Sept. 30 2005 11:39 AM

Corrections

In the Sept. 29 "Human Nature," Will Saletan incorrectly said that Scott Minnich was a professor at Iowa State. In the Pennsylvania evolution trial, the Dover school board submitted two briefs on July 13, 2005. One said Minnich was a professor at Iowa State. Another said he was a professor at the University of Idaho. Based on the first brief, Saletan identified him as being at Iowa State. Minnich is at the University of Idaho.

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In the Sept. 27 "Press Box," Jack Shafer mistakenly described Mary Jo Meisner as a former Post metro editor. She was city editor.

In the Sept. 26 "Hollywood Economist," Edward Jay Epstein originally and incorrectly identified the chairman of Adelphia Cable as John Riga. His name is John Rigas.

In the Sept. 23 "Gizmos," Fred Kaplan originally understated the price of a year-old Sony television and overstated the price of a year-old Sony projector. The Qualia 006 rear-projection television sold for $13,000, not $10,000. Sony's SXRD front projector sold for $30,000, not $40,000.

In the Sept. 23 "In Other Magazines," Bidisha Banerjee incorrectly identified Larry Harvey as an Economist correspondent. Harvey is the co-founder and director of the Burning Man Festival.

In the Sept. 23 "Music Box," David Yaffe originally and incorrectly identified the mother of Bob Dylan as Ethel. Her name is Beatty.

In the Sept. 2 "Medical Examiner," Sydney Spiesel incorrectly stated that a recent study in Switzerland by Drs. Lee Ann Laurent-Applegate and Patrick Hohlfield of burn treatments for children was conducted with human embryonic stem cells. The study was conducted with human fetal cells. (Thanks to Dr. John Gearhart, Armstrong Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, for pointing out the error.)

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