Science & Society

Legal American Owners Don't Create Gun Epidemics, Smuggling By Mexican Drug Cartels Does

Illegal firearm trafficking is inseparable from the illegal drug trade: Weapons are often bought with drug money, can strengthen cartels and can be traded for drugs. ...

Article - The Conversation - May 24 2025 - 4:00am

Is A Ph.D. A Waste Of Time?

The Economist argues, as they would be expected to argue, given their free market leaning, that due to the glut of Ph.D.s and therefore the poor job market (in academia), it is a waste of time.   A Ph.D. who enters the job corporate world for anything exc ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 24 2025 - 7:37pm

The Data: Spain Is The Best Place To Get Hammered This Weekend

If you want to have a good time, visit Spain.  It isn't just the tapas. They have bars. A lot of them.  The average is one bar for every 132 residents. For comparison, the US state with the most bars per capita is North Dakota- one for every 1,620 Nor ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 31 2025 - 8:53am

The Thirty Meter Telescope May Be Cancelled Not by Ordinary People's Protest, but by Wealthy People's Whim

A stronomy, it seems, finds itself at the mercy of political caprice and economic machinations yet again. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), once poised to revolutionize observational astronomy from the unparalleled vantage point of Mauna Kea, faces cancel ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jun 15 2025 - 7:18pm

Lottery Bottle Bill Could Improve Recycling

In the 1980s, there was a conflict raging about recycling. Governments were starting to do it while states that had a 'bottle bill'- a deposit on bottles you got refunded upon return- wanted to keep their success. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 19 2025 - 2:36pm

There Is No Such Thing as a "Nuclear Scientist". There Are Only Physicists

L et’s bury the dangerous, lazy, and politically convenient idea that there exists a distinct species of person called a "nuclear scientist." There is no such thing. There are physicists. Some specialize in nuclear physics, some in astrophysics, ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jun 21 2025 - 10:13pm

Asian Women Are Penalized Getting Into College But Their Gametes Are Gold

Americans are being beat by Asians again.  Asians do better on international standardized tests, their economies are better; heck, they are even robbing us of that last stronghold of American dominance- obesity. The Chinese have gotten a level of fat in on ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 24 2025 - 8:12am

Norm Borlaug Created The Green Revolution- And Pro-Science Groups Like CAST Took It From There

Dr. Norm Borlaug, Nobel Laureate and "Father of the Green Revolution" was obviously a big believer in advancing an evidence-based, pro-science approach to food, He saw the need for debunking the myths that a generation of environmental groups be ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 25 2025 - 2:14pm

James Lovelock: What's Eating The Godfather Of Global Warming?

James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS, Ph.D, aged 92, is a chemist and creator of the Gaia Hypothesis. He is called the 'Godfather of Global Warming'.  What he was, to most people, was an alarmist more on the order of President Obama's Scienc ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 26 2025 - 7:47am

For July 4th Grilling, Are You Really Buying The US Grown Charcoal You Think You Are?

People dedicated to the art of grilling often choose lump charcoal – actual pieces of wood that have been turned into charcoal – over briquettes, which are compressed charcoal dust with other ingredients to keep the dust together and help it burn better. ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 28 2025 - 4:30am