Science & Society

Most Americans Regard An Organic Label As Just A Way To Charge More

The segment of society that puts an anti-corporate mentality hand-in-hand with being anti-science is not just on the left; a whole lot of people are now cynical about the goals of the $29 billion organic food industry, especially after their well-publicize ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2013 - 5:30am

Hark The Herald- Charles Wesley Letters Outline Early Methodism And Religious Radicalism

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is the beginning to one of the world's most popular hymns, yet while millions of people can oddly identify Nicki Minaj, almost no one knows the name of Charles Wesley or his Hymns and Sacred Poems. “Hark! The Herald Ange ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2013 - 11:17am

I Was Going To Write Some Words But Keith Kloor Beat Me To It

Reuters gets dinged for being off-kilter journalistically when it comes to politics; to the current generation of independent voters they became famous for their Mid-East coverage last decade by retouching photos to make Israelis look bad and Arabs look p ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 9 2016 - 12:39pm

16 People In Pennsylvania Don't Love Fracking

There is no question that increased use of natural gas has been good for the atmosphere- energy CO2 emissions are down to early 1990s levels in America and coal is at early 1980s levels of emissions, just like we all said we wanted. Enhanced extraction me ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 29 2013 - 11:02am

What Is Exogenous Semiotic Entropy?

What Is Exogenous Semiotic Entropy? The phrase exogenous semiotic entropy is from a recent "peer reviewed" "paper".  It looks like something that came out of a buzzphrase generator which was having a bad hair day.  The phrase is, of co ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 30 2013 - 3:03pm

When Anti-Science Is Not

I was struck by the subject matter of three articles that had been posted recently. Egg White Protein May Help Lower High Blood Pressure Chlorogenic Acids In Green Coffee Beans Help Control Blood Sugar Levels Balkan Bean Remedy Traps Bedbugs ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - May 1 2013 - 10:28pm

Disparity In Maternity Care: Lawyer Blames Government Budgets

In the UK, health care is nationalized but a trial lawyer for maternity cases says that has made money a bigger concern in deciding who gets quality medical care.  A report by The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) said there was eno ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2013 - 1:45pm

New York City School Goes Vegetarian- CNN Gushes How Enthusiastic Students Are Over 'Healthy Choices'

If anyone still felt CNN was credible before their Boston Bomber coverage two months ago, it was only because they hadn't read their science and health coverage. Sure, all mainstream media loves its Miracle Vegetable of the Week stories, alternated wi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 6 2014 - 11:55pm

School Chemistry, then and now

Alerted by a link on Real Clear Science, I turned to an article on Slate.com, namely Felony Science Sixteen-year-old Kiera Wilmot’s curiosity was apparently piqued when a friend told her that if you mixed hydrochloric acid and aluminum, an exciting reacti ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - May 6 2013 - 10:30am

Do Science Journalists Play Favorites When It Comes To Politics?

In December, when a Republican berated the CDC for not finding links between vaccines and autism, science media was outraged.  Yet for years prior to that, Democrats had made the same claim with no mention of their political affiliation at all.  In that sa ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 8 2013 - 2:54pm