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California GMO Food-Labeling Bill Clears Committee

California GMO Food-Labeling Bill Clears Committee

Apr 02 2014 | comment(s)

California State Sen. Noreen Evans wants any food that contains a genetically modified ingredient to have a special label declaring it - unless the product is alcohol.
How To Take Millions Of Tons Of Pesticides Out Of Our Environment

How To Take Millions Of Tons Of Pesticides Out Of Our Environment

Apr 01 2014 | comment(s)

When Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was taking the country by storm 50 years ago, it was a puzzle to scientists and farmers who did not see the cultural future looming in front of them. Scientists dismissed it as anecdotal evidence while farmers recognized that if you don't use a pesticide according to instructions, bad things happen. Both knew that without pesticides, yields would be devastated.
Bitsy's Brainfood Says Its Cereal Will Make Kids Smarter

Bitsy's Brainfood Says Its Cereal Will Make Kids Smarter

Apr 01 2014 | comment(s)

If there is one thing wealthy elites across the developed world share in common, it is increasingly denying vaccines and genetically modified foods.

"Darwin, did you ever see a Grampus?"

Apr 01 2014 | comment(s)

We often think of April 1st as more of a modern event, because it's sort of stupid and we think of our ancestors as being more serious.  

Not so.

Even the eminent biologist Charles Darwin got pranked by his shipmates on the HMS Beagle, April 1, 1832, as evidenced by his diary. 

While March 31st only noted a "A fine rattling breeze" the following day had him excited to make a new discovery:
Twerking The Zeitgeist: Fans Of Science Should Be Worried About Cosmos Ratings

Twerking The Zeitgeist: Fans Of Science Should Be Worried About Cosmos Ratings

Mar 31 2014 | comment(s)

The reboot of Cosmos was on the must-see television list for many; it is a prime-time non-fiction science program, with one of the best hosts in science media, a generous budget, airing on 10 channels, and even had music by the guy who did Captain America. Excitement was high.

Then it actually began. It had an alarming non-science gaffe - the story of the likely insane philosopher Bruno reconfigured to be...what exactly, no one is sure. 25% of Episode One was devoted to talking about mean old religion in the middle of a narrative about cosmology only to have Neil Tyson then dismiss the entire story as Bruno not being a scientist anyway.
APS Puts Global Warming Skeptics In Expert Workshop

APS Puts Global Warming Skeptics In Expert Workshop

Mar 30 2014 | comment(s)

The American Physical Society is reviewing its Climate Change Statement.

The APS Panel on Public Affairs (POPA) formed a Subcommittee, consisting of Steven Koonin, Phillip Coyle, Scott Kemp, Tim Meyer, Robert Rosner and Susan Seestrom, to consider revisions to its 2007 statement and that group convened a workshop with 6 climate experts, including 3 who are skeptics, though really they are more "lukewarm-ists" than the 'denier' label attributed to everyone who isn't a Think Progress-style Doomsday prophet.