Science & Society

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Proved Scientist Are Not Infallible. A Learned Opinion.

N eil deGrasse Tyson PhD invoked the fact he had a PhD and Tchiya Amet El Maat  did not have a PhD  to imply that he is necessarily more credible than her.   Furthermore, he used her beliefs against her.   His explanation was pure argumentum ad verecundia ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 7 2018 - 11:51pm

Thanks To No FDA Oversight Of Alternative Medicine, 40% Now Believe Cancer Can Be Cured Without Science

America is the most science literate country in the world, we are dominant in Nobel prizes and science output, and we are thankful we are not France, but a new survey by Harris shows that we still have a long way to go. The results of the new survey revea ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 14 2018 - 11:28am

There Is A War Between Science And Religion

As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology shrink the boundaries of faith, the claims that science and religion are compatible grow louder. If you’re a believer who doesn’t want to seem anti-scienc ...

Article - Jerry Coyne - Dec 23 2018 - 8:00am

Christmas Cheer 2018

Today is Christmas, and about this time folks in the New World may be thinking about breakfast. So to greet everyone reading this, here is a Russian Christmas card from before 1917, featuring Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) and his granddaughter Snegurochka ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Dec 25 2018 - 9:17am

We Don't Have A Teen Vaping Crisis In The US

With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rightly cracking down on sales of vaping devices to minors and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams making a recent statement of concern, media are again repeating claims of an epidemic of vaping among children. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 27 2018 - 2:17pm

The Golden Globes Did Something Pro-Science, And Anti-Vaxxers Were Enraged

When I first began writing about the anti-vaccine issue, California was the home of the movement (1). The state had more philosophical exemptions than the rest of the country combined, and they were primarily wealthy white elites living on the coast. You k ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 10 2019 - 12:45pm

Open Access Promotes Scientific Discovery- Efforts Like Canada's Aggressive New Copyright Dates Hold It Back

As European science-related institutions, such as the European Research Council, have shown their growing preference for Open Access, e.g., via the Plan S, the primary rationale for this is the positive effect on the discovery of new knowledge that variou ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 8 2019 - 9:02am

A Baltic Lesson For The US In How To Counter Russian Disinformation Tactics

As the new Congress begins, it will soon discuss the comprehensive reports to the U.S. Senate on the disinformation campaign of half-truths, outright fabrications and misleading posts made by agents of the Russian government on social media in the run-up ...

Article - The Conversation - Jan 9 2019 - 4:01pm

What Is A ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon’? Just Our Shadow On Distant Moon- No, World Won't End- False Prophet Paul Begley At It Again

Another post to help people scared of perfectly normal harmless events because of the sensationalist press and false prophets. This is just the moon passing through Earth’s shadow as it does usually once or twice a year. It’s done it for billions of years ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 20 2019 - 7:52pm

We're Not As Far Apart As Media Accounts Make It Seem

If you read media accounts, Republicans deny global warming and evolution while Democrats deny vaccines and GMOs. Republicans hate immigrants and Democrats hate unborn babies. Yet such simple 'us' and 'them' narratives aren't true, ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2019 - 3:32pm