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Why Raw Dairy Farms In California Accelerated The H5N1 Bird Flu Pandemic

Californis is the largest dairy producer in the United States. It is also the most anti-science...

Affirmative Action In NIH Grants Revealed

The Supreme Court recently issued another ruling that seeks to end racial discrimination. most...

Environmentalists, What Are You Asking From Dedmoroz Lenin For Earth Day This Year?

Tomorrow is Earth Day. It is also Lenin's birthday. That's not coincidence. The leader of...

How Ancel Keys Went From MAHA Hero To MAHA Villain

If a lot of the food and health claims you read and hear today seem like things left over from...

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Young Archaeologist Inspiration, Courtesy Of Egyptian Megalomaniac Zahi Hawass

Young Archaeologist Inspiration, Courtesy Of Egyptian Megalomaniac Zahi Hawass

Aug 29 2010 | comment(s)

The great thing about being a bureaucrat in a dictatorship is you can take credit for everything that happens in your personal fiefdom and treat people like garbage and there is no recourse.   Well, almost no recourse.   Those guys working for Saddam Hussein didn't fare all that well when their boss started floating rumors he had weapons of mass destruction, but generally the life of a senior guy in a dictatorship is pretty good.
Fad Science Is Bad Science

Fad Science Is Bad Science

Aug 28 2010 | comment(s)

The Wall Street Journal took the Marc Hauser controversy (barely noticed here, because it's evolutionary psychology, which is sort of apodictically evident as bad science so we didn't react to it) and used his suspect data on monkey cognition to slap progressives.
Think Pseudoscience Isn't Dangerous? Ghost Hunter Looking For Ghost Train Killed By Real One

Think Pseudoscience Isn't Dangerous? Ghost Hunter Looking For Ghost Train Killed By Real One

Aug 27 2010 | comment(s)

We like to make fun of pseudoscience, mostly because it is hypocritical.   It simultaneously says real science is insular and close-minded and BIG and therefore resistant to awesome new ideas, like there being ghosts in my attic(1), but wants science legitimacy so uses faux-science techniques and then maps the data to the topology they want to achieve, like 'this must be a ghost.'

The Bible MMO - in where I get beat to the best gaming idea ever

The Bible MMO - in where I get beat to the best gaming idea ever

Aug 27 2010 | comment(s)

Always wanted to fight actual hordes of locusts and see what that whole Sodom place was all about?
Can Wikipedia Be Fixed?

Can Wikipedia Be Fixed?

Aug 26 2010 | comment(s)

It only takes a look at the Science 2.0 entry on Wikipedia to know their system is flawed (1) - anyone can create an entry but in order to edit it, like what Science 2.0 is, you have to document for some stranger on Wikipedia that you know what you are talking about, even if you're one of few people who knows what the topic is about.
Phil Plait Creates A Bad Universe

Phil Plait Creates A Bad Universe

Aug 26 2010 | comment(s)

Dr. Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy fame has been a Science 2.0 favorite since the moment we came online and for almost a decade prior to that.  He combines wit and no-nonsense skepticism with the kind of creative reflex that makes fundamental science concepts understandable by virtually everyone who doesn't hate getting a little smarter.