Science & Society

Autism, Autism Speaks, And The True Stakeholders

Autism isn't a four letter word in our house. It's not something we treat with kid gloves, not something we see as a tragedy or, in our kids' case, in need of a cure. We see it as something to be worked with and around, but we don't ta ...

Article - Kim Wombles - May 24 2012 - 10:15am

Sensory Integration Therapy Not Scientifically Validated: Not New News

It seems like there's always something to be mad at or feel threatened over when it comes to autism-related reporting or blogging. Sometimes it's reasonable outrage, like an article on autism that doesn't involve autistic individual perspect ...

Article - Kim Wombles - May 29 2012 - 4:24pm

Why I'm Bored Of Talking To Creationists

I forgot my phone charger for the conference I went to last week. If this was just a year ago then I would barely have noticed. Mostly because my trusty old Nokia that I had then would have lasted long enough (I mean, the conference was only 2 friggin days ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Jun 7 2012 - 5:04am

Farm Schism: Can You Be Successful And Still Be Called Fair Trade?

The fair trade movement  is in its seventh decade but has an internal problem.  Fair trade, as a concept, sought originally to make sure small people got a fair deal- a Mennonite visiting Puerto Rico saw the poverty levels of people there and decided to he ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 31 2012 - 12:22pm

I think I've got it.

I think I've got it. The reason why we, as evolutionists have such difficulty in speaking to creationists is because the idea of it is so far removed, so abstract- indeed, so patently wrong- that we have literally no idea where to start. [This stems f ...

Blog Post - Oliver Knevitt - Jun 7 2012 - 7:13am

Why do trolls always resort to ad hominem attack when the subject is evolution or anthropomorphic warming??

People never fail to amaze me: when they think they are anonymousthey will say the nastiest things to each other.  I have been reading a number of the commentson articles about evolution vs creationism and global warming.  Those opposed to the science pre ...

Blog Post - Georgie Mackintosh - Jun 10 2012 - 12:34am

What Is Anti-Science?

Too often we see the "anti-science" label being tossed around and invariably we get behind our respective barricades and prepare for the barrage of arguments thrown at each side. However, the question we should be asking is why a different point ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jun 15 2012 - 1:08pm

The Anti-GMO Campaign’s Dangerous War On Science

This November, Californians will vote on an initiative that would require any food containing ingredients derived from genetically modified crops to be labeled as such. Backers of the “California Right To Know Genetically Engineered Food Act” are pitching ...

Article - Michael Eisen - Jun 27 2012 - 5:51pm

MMS Apologists, What Part Of Industrial Bleach Do You Not Get?

MMS (Miracle Mineral Solution) is getting some much needed attention in the skeptic community, as well as the autism community. Created by a man named "Bishop"Jim Humble, who runs his own Genesis Church, it is a potent industrial bleach which whe ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jun 20 2012 - 11:27am

Leader Of Germany's Environmental Movement Loses Faith In The IPCC

What does it take for  Fritz Vahrenholt, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hamburg, a former German environment minister and one of the fathers of the German environmental movement (and, unlike everyone at Desmogblog.com, who ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 22 2012 - 2:42pm