Science & Society

DEI Without Compromise: Embracing Diversity in the LISA Global Scientific Collaboration. A ESA NASA Project.

D iversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) have become buzzwords often debated within the United States, sometimes controversially perceived as a redistribution of opportunities. However, in a global context—such as in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 8 2024 - 1:42pm

Cancel Culture Prevents The Best Researchers From Engaging With The Food Industry

After Chris Wild took over the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a UN-funded body in France that looks for statistical links between food/chemicals and cancer, they made a switch in their policies regarding participation; an epidemiologis ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 8 2024 - 3:07pm

Physician Burnout Is Common- And Informal Rationing Is One Big Cause

If the government promises every home a great gardener, most people recognize they won't get a great gardener at all, they will probably get someone who couldn't get a better job while the lawn service they used to use is priced out of reach. The ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 13 2024 - 1:15pm

Declaring War On Frappuccino And Diet Soda Is Not A Valid Government Nutrition Guideline

You're not  a Frank-people because you eat Doritos, despite what people writing lifestyle/diet books and New York Times journalists who gush over them want you to believe. Such claims are pure food populism by rich white people for rich white people. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 16 2024 - 4:00am

COVID-19 Made Stereotyping Of Asians Uncool- Mostly To Gain Political Traction

Only a few years ago, American colleges used a "secret sauce" of race in admissions that voided test scores and replaced those with arbitrary demographic selection. Due to such clear racism, and despite being a minority with less than 5 percent o ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 3 2024 - 11:33am

Science 2.0 Cares About Your Breasts

A few weeks ago, the 13th annual Susan G. Komen Sacramento Race for the Cure was held.    The organization raises money primarily for breast health awareness, screening and support services and a much smaller amount for research so I am always uncertain wh ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 6 2024 - 8:21am

Despite Lacking Science, FDA Made 10,000 Vaping Products Illegal. Now It Wants More Armed Agents To Enforce It

It will be up to science history to try and gain insight into the reasons the federal government engaged in "Reefer Madness" narratives about marijuana, and then backed off that yet did the same to smoking cessation and harm reduction tools like ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 11 2024 - 9:41am

The World Is Richer Than Ever, But It's Not Due To Communism Or Capitalism, It's Science

There are lots of stories about the poor in America, and have been for decades. Smart demographers know that, like racism, if everyone is talking about The Poor, it's almost eliminated. One of the giant cracks in the communist dictatorship called the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 31 2024 - 1:32am

Eggonomics: White Egg Donors Get Paid More, Is That Eugenics Or Just Demand?

There are about 3X as many white women as black in the US but white women get 8X as much for donated eggs and Diane M. Tober in "Eggonomics" suggests wealthy people looking for specific traits has gotten to the point of being eugenics. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 2 2024 - 2:34pm

Germany Versus Science, Round Two

An editorial in the Wall Street Journal summarizes the European Union’s decades-long flight from science, common sense and consistency. These un- or even anti-science positions are driven by many idées fixes, baseless myths and superstitions, promulgated ...

Article - Gil Ross - Sep 9 2024 - 2:23pm