Science & Society

You Can't Get Into Eleven Madison, Now You Won't Want To Anyway

Epicurious, a food website owned by the billion-dollar Condé Nast group, has stated it will no longer carry recipes that use beef. Because of the environment. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 3 2021 - 3:42pm

If a post is not popular, you will never see it, so views count, but it is the message and not the popularity of it that persuades people, according to a new paper. 819 demographically diverse American adults aged 18-35 were shown two YouTube videos either ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2021 - 4:24pm

Elitism Is Back, Baby (Star Trek Is Proof)

I have a confesson to make; I'm probably smarter than you. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 12 2021 - 4:56pm

Bill Maher's Positive Covid Test Does Not Show the CDC Is Wrong. If Vaccinated No Mask Required

R esistance to giving up mask is the new anti-mask. Indeed, the fact some people think it does prove that they have no idea how vaccines work. They do not prevent infection. Vaccines teach the body how to kill the virus so quickly that infection does n ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 14 2021 - 2:30pm

Organic Activists, Anti-Vaxxers, And Scientologists Claim We're A Corporate 'Front' Group. Their Disinformation Exposed

Activist groups that endorse the organic manufacturing and are opposed to agricultural biotechnology (GMOs and gene edited crops and animals) try to claim that the Genetic Literacy Project is a “corporate front group that was formerly funded by Monsanto” — ...

Article - Jon Entine - Jun 21 2021 - 4:26pm

COVID-19 Gave A Bump To Bodegas And Dollar Stores But That Wasn't Better For Poor People

During the COVID-19 pandemic, wealthier people had the money to stay home and order online. Not so for poor people, who instead made more trips to local dollar stores and small groceries to get their family's food. Why is that bad? It isn't at fa ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2021 - 1:50pm

Some Shark Scientists Have Issues With Shark Week

"Shark Week" is a Discovery Channel event each summer, unsurprisingly about sharks. It came into existence because "Jaws" the book and then the film were huge hits and they never left the public consciousness after that. Now Shark Week ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 27 2021 - 5:20pm

Defining Astronauts: Risk Taking And Training Make An Astronaut, Not Altitude.

S pace agencies like NASA define astronaut based on whether someone as completed the training to be an astronaut. NASA also recognizes Astronauts who have flown missions with a gold pin instead of a silver one. This is standard across government space ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 29 2021 - 3:57pm

Agroecology Has Become The New European Colonialism In Africa

Are you a white person who believes you have a moral imperative to introduce your superior belief system to brown and black people in other countries who have not yet been converted? No, you're not a 19th century European missionary, you work at a mod ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 4 2021 - 10:24am

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