Science & Society

Manslaughter Sentence For Scientists Who Misinformed Public On Deadly Aquila Quake

A court in L'Aquila, Italy, handed six-year-prison sentences to members of a national "Great Risks Commission". Residents noticed increased seismic activity. They were used to tremors, because L’Aquila sits on a major fault line, and they c ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jul 7 2014 - 1:28am

700 Researchers Call On Gilles-Eric Seralini To Release GMO Test Data

700 scientists and academicians have signed petitions calling on French researcher Gilles-Eric Seralini to release research data he claims is evidence for  health problems associated with biotech crops. The petitioners are from every continent and represen ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2013 - 12:01pm

Wealthy ‘Big Tobacco’ Lawyer Excited About Prospects For Food Industry

If you get rich suing people, your days going after Big Tobacco are basically over. The tobacco companies have been sued for everything by now and the people who still smoke know what they are doing, and the risks, and they are willing to pay an ever-incre ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 1 2012 - 7:00pm

Scientization Of Politics: Why Political Scientists Suddenly Love Biology

The scientization of politics is taking a cultural or political world view and rationalizing it using science. Since it is election time in America, it has been open season on Republicans, with social scientists, who are around 99% Democrats, looking for w ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 4 2013 - 6:41pm

Magic Rocks Update: Abound Solar Gets Investigated

A little over a year ago I wrote about the continued disturbing trend in government subsidies of 'magic rocks' while claiming they were science- in that instance, commercial solar companies that were being propped up by American taxpayers, with l ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 27 2012 - 11:13am

USDA Organic Crops: New Data Shows No Net Growth 2008-11

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Article - Steve Savage - Oct 29 2012 - 9:41am

Can You Be Pro-Science And Pro-Environment In 2012?

If you think global warming deniers are anti-science about the environment, take a look at environmentalists.  While the former are only anti-science about one thing, environmentalists are increasingly on the wrong side of lots of science issues. Journalis ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 30 2012 - 3:27pm

"Top Chef" Judge Tom Colicchio's New Nonpartisan Food Group Finds Democrats Flawless

A new advocacy organization devoted to food and health issues and claiming to be nonpartisan gave 50 politicians perfect 100 scores- and all 50 of them were Democrats. At the bottom of their scorecard?  All Republicans. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 1 2012 - 8:30pm

How Reliable Are Sniffing Dogs?

A recent article about lie detectors brought up a related topic; drug/bomb sniffing dogs or the more general use of police service dogs.  Let me begin by acknowledging a bias; I love dogs.  There seems little doubt regarding the utility of these animals in ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Nov 5 2012 - 8:00am

Trust Science- Unless You Can't Trust Science, Say Scientists

The  American Association for the Advancement of Science did something that was so obvious it was a surprise to find out they hadn't already done it- they formally came out against labeling GMO foods. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 2 2012 - 4:14pm