Science & Society

Males 18-54? Nope, Stoners Are Now The Premium Advertising Demographic

If you've seen the rash of 'open late' advertisements for junk food, you probably thought it was appealing to some long-tail demographic of fat people who absolutely must have a taco at 1 AM. Nope, and it isn't for the usual 'males ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 16 2012 - 11:30am

Jonah Lehrer And How The Fetishization Of Brain Science Died

Funny how you can go from darling of the intelligentsia to pariah in a short amount of time.  As I have mentioned before, when he was at Scienceblogs.com and then Wired.com, a few of us used to joke that whatever we wrote was going to end up in a Jonah Leh ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 16 2012 - 2:07pm

Cap And Trade For Water Will Hurt Poor, Minorities Most- Of Course

Whenever 'the poor' and 'minorities' are invoked in the same headline, it's good to set your skepticism filter extra low or you will likely never get through the first paragraph of an article (umm, including this one) because the i ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 17 2012 - 4:30pm

GMO Foods: To Label Or Not To Label?

This fall, California voters will be asked to vote on Proposition 37, a law which would require that all foods including “GMO Crop ingredients” be labeled as such.   There are many reasons that this isn’t a good use of governmental authority for mandatory ...

Article - Steve Savage - Oct 1 2012 - 2:02pm

6 More Good Reasons To Vote No On California Prop 37

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Article - Steve Savage - Sep 17 2012 - 4:33pm

When It Comes To Being Pro-Science, Kenyans > Americans > Europeans

The British may think they 'colonized' Kenya to teach them about civilization and the modern world, but it would be the other way around today.  While over 80 percent of Europeans admit they are against any GMO regardless of whether or not they c ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 17 2012 - 4:33pm

It's Not Smokey Bear's Fault!

Having just read an article about forest fires [How the Smokey Bear Effect Led To Raging Wildfires], I was struck by the obvious question of why this should be a problem. In effect, it illustrates one of the primary difficulties we face, as humans, in a mo ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Aug 24 2012 - 5:04pm

Conspiracy Theories And Believing The Impossible

Distrust and paranoia did not start with claims about genetically modified foods or vaccines. Concern about the motivations of government, secret societies and corporations has a long history. The belief in a conspiracy of elites fuels suspicion about all ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2012 - 11:00am

Environmental Guilt Is Big Business

39% of Americans feel 'green guilt' for wasting food, a much higher number than letting the sink run while they brush their teeth or not buying those stupid low-flow toilets. The 2012 Eco Pulse results are in.  So look for the latest marketing ca ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 27 2012 - 6:22pm

Canadian Farmers Want To Make Their National Policy On GM Foods Scientific

While Californians in America are fighting for ways to send America back to the 13th century, some Canadians are embracing science and the modern world. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 17 2012 - 4:32pm