Science & Society

Coronavirus: How To Make Informed Scientific Choices On Covid 19 Mask And Medicines.

H ow to scientifically answer questions like wear a mask or not?  Anyone and everyone can think scientifically.  It is thinking systematically and critically about the information and considering the ethics of your choice given that information. It is als ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 22 2020 - 5:38pm

Domestic Violence Incidents Rise In Los Angeles, Indianapolis During COVID-19 Lockdown

Two cities, Los Angeles and Indianapolis, reported higher than usual domestic violence incidents once COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions were implemented in March. For their paper, the scholars analyzed police calls for service before and during the corona ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2020 - 2:33pm

Riot Or Resistance- Media Framing And Bias Shapes The Public's View Of Protests

A teenager held her phone steady enough to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life as he apparently suffocated under the weight of a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. The video went viral. What happened next has played out time ...

Article - The Conversation - May 30 2020 - 11:11am

Business Insider Takes A Trip Down 2019 Chemophobia Lane

Thanks to COVID-19, the public has gotten a lot more skeptical about claims that chemicals, food, and medicine are corporate conspiracies created to replace natural products that worked just fine. Even more ridiculous has been the belief that millions and ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 3 2020 - 12:41pm

Alice In Wonderland Sanctioning In Wikipedia- Blocked For Covering NASA's Science Goal To Search For Habitats For Life On Mars‽

If you search Wikipedia for present day habitats on Mars, then you will find many articles about Mars colonization, but on the idea that there might be microhabitats for present day life there, you'll find almost nothing. You'll find my Present ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jun 9 2020 - 8:40am

Epidemiologists Advocate For Warning Labels On Soda- And Hope California Will Notice

A team of epidemiologists who correlate specific types of calories, rather than simply too many calories, to obesity have written a new paper advocating for cigarette-style warning labels on soda.  ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 10 2020 - 4:16pm

Spike In Celebrity Suicides During COVID-19 May Bring Focus On Depression In Pregnant Women Too

There have been more celebrity suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic and while tragic, they may help to bring great awareness to the risks of depression and anxiety in other populations at all times. Such as pregnant and postpartum women. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2020 - 1:14pm

Coronavirus Has Seen A Surge In Phone Scams: Here's How To Spot And Foil Them

Most of us have experienced unwanted calls at home. This is in spite of efforts by regulators, including the Information Commissioner’s Office and Ofcom, whose most recent report shows that around half of the UK population still receive nuisance calls. Ma ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 25 2020 - 8:49am

Would More Women In Academic Medicine Leadership Roles Have Improved Coronavirus Response?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were shown to be a bureaucratic mess when the coronavirus pandemic hit- refusing to send coronavirus tests unless hospitals first proved proved patients had coronavirus, then sending faulty reagents ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 25 2020 - 12:04pm

Will The Media Retract Their 'Breathless' Warnings Of Insect Armageddon?

Are insects facing survival challenges? Of course, the evidence in support of reasonable concerns is overwhelming. The important questions are: how serious is the decline; is it accelerating; what are its causes; and how can we address them? Those are not ...

Article - Jon Entine - Jun 29 2020 - 10:05am