Science & Society

Science Triumphs At The EPA. For Now.

In The Neonic Ban: A Scientific Fraud Becomes Enshrined In EU Regulatory Law, I described the many elements of corruption that led to Europe’s recently announced ban on neonic insecticides (“neonics”) which is based on the fallacy that they are responsibl ...

Article - Henry I. Miller - May 25 2018 - 8:28am

Nominations For 2018 Sartorius & Science Prize In Regenerative Medicine And Cell Therapy

If you are a scientist who received their PhD/MD within the past 10 years you can apply for the 2018 Sartorius&Science Prize in Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy by October 1, 2018. The Sartorius Group is a pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 21 2018 - 12:23pm

New Model Does NOT Prove Our Civilization Ends In 1 Of 3 Horrible Scenarios- On Track To Support 11 Billion From 2100 On

Short summary: This is a first paper in what they hope to be a long term study. It’s an interesting project, but it should not be used to predict what will happen to Earth in the future. Instead we should rely on projections by the scientists who are stud ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jun 6 2018 - 2:51pm

What Has Kim Trump Summit Achieved? Major Start Towards Building Trust- First Step Concessions On BOTH SIDES

Trump has had a lot of criticism after the summit, with many saying he conceded too much to Kim. I don’t think he did at all myself. The main thing he gave him was a meeting with him, and a couple of days of his time. And he built trust. He thinks that’s ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jun 14 2018 - 3:28pm

Suicide Nation: What's Behind It?

Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased nearly 30 percent in less than 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported June 7. These mind-numbing statistics were released the same week two very famous, successful and beloved people comm ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 6 2018 - 12:07am

American Indian Kennewick man isn’t related to Clovis boy? Recombinant DNA’s tricks and Ancestry’s quirks. New UPDATE

Deep ancestry by DNA is not as straight forward as a paternity test.  Simplistic assumptions can lead to grave misunderstandings which are not helped by how DNA test are marketed.  I had my DNA tested by Ancestry.com and I am waiting for results from Natio ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 24 2018 - 5:24pm

The Weight Loss Industry Is Full Of Woo

There is talk in America of adding even more nutrition information to food labels, but as long as entire industries are exempt from evidence-based claims, it won't do much good. It will still be woo central in the supplement, holistic, and weight-loss ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2018 - 2:12pm

Multiple Barriers To Treatment For Opioid Users

In 2016, more than 42,000 Americans died of an opioid-related overdose, which is alarming- but most of those deaths were not accidents by pain patients or suicides, they were recreational drug users. There are numerous obstacles to making meaningful progre ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2018 - 12:55pm

Transphobia Rife in A Popular Style: Crunchyroll ’s Anime Mistranslations, and the Otoko-no-ko Trap

C runchyroll, Funimation and others have perpetuated the miseducation, and knowingly or unknowingly promoted anti LGBT bigotry in a generation of geeks in the western world.  Once people are miseducated it is really hard to reeducate them in the right way ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 20 2018 - 11:51am

For The Love Of The Internet, Stop Sharing Bullshit

There is very little I love more than the world wide web. No, seriously, I mean it. Internet has changed my life more than any other "thing" around, and it has provided me with an enormous wealth- information, knowledge, simplification of otherwi ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 27 2018 - 4:47am