Science & Society

Do GMOs Have Too Much Baggage? My Appearance On AgriTalk Today

Periodically I get invited to talk about science and food on the nationwide AgriTalk radio program, hosted by Mike Adams- not the Natural News guy,  this is the one who likes farmers. Joining me today was Roxi Beck of the Center for Food Integrity. You ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 30 2015 - 5:02pm

How Yoga Changed To Appeal To The Changing US Market

To many practitioners of yoga in the United States, its original form would be unrecognizable in everything but the name. What was once about spirituality is now about health and physical fitness.  If you are going to be a guru in the US, one tenet of yoga ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 30 2015 - 4:25pm

Homophobia And Starfish

Recently on Real Clear Science, Ross Pomeroy published an article Why Nothing Can Be Truly ‘Unnatural’, in which he denounces attempts to oppose homosexuality on scientific grounds.  However, after reading it, I am left with the feeling that he is not sim ...

Article - Robert H Olley - May 1 2015 - 1:46pm

In Canada, Public Health Academics Worry About The Rise Of E-Cigarettes

Young people are just as likely to try electronic cigarettes- vaping- as cigarette smoking, according to a new report  in Tobacco Use in Canada: Patterns and Trends. ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2015 - 8:55am

Chipotle’s GMO Gimmick Turned Them Into The Public Face Of Science Illiteracy

Chipotle wins the science ‘foot in mouth’ award for 2015, and we are not even to summer yet. So far there are more than 40 media condemnations and counting. The fast food chain’s “bold” move, announcing a faux ban on GMOs in its food, has blown up big tim ...

Article - Jon Entine - May 5 2015 - 6:19pm

How To Break Free From Sexism In Science

Two women recently had their research paper rejected by a science journal based on an incredibly sexist review of their work – an event that has caused outrage on social media. While the journal, PLOS ONE, has apologized and given the authors a second cha ...

Article - The Conversation - May 6 2015 - 10:30am

Science Loses The Debate On Astronomy By Deferring To Hawaiian Humanities Students

"Astronomy is about as pure and as clean as you can get, so what’s the big deal?” That's the question an astronomer asked about why, after 13 astronomy experiments on Mauna Kea, 13,000 feet in the air and a pristine location due to lacking 40% of ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 22 2019 - 6:54pm

Kind Snacks And Why You Should Ignore Marketing On Food Packages

By Sara Rennekamp, Inside Science  -- News broke this week that the company behind the popular Kind line of snack bars received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration. Their offense? Not labeling the bars according to FDA rules-- primarily ...

Article - Inside Science - May 6 2015 - 11:12am

Expanded Hospice Improved Care But Raised Medicare Costs

A large study examined the impact of growth in Medicare's hospice benefit among nursing home residents between 2004 and 2009 and found improvement in indicators of care quality, such as less reliance on intensive care and feeding tubes, but that came ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2015 - 10:30am

Gender Wage Gap In Academic Medical Education Hasn't Narrowed

The existence of wage gaps between genders in some occupations, from environmentalism to the White House to science academia, continues to be a hot-button topic. Medium- and lower-wage positions get the most attention but a new paper in The American Journa ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2015 - 9:14am