Science & Society

Scare Journalism And Miracle Cures: American Media Prefer Weak Observational Studies

A new analysis has affirmed what many in the science audience already knew; mainstream media prefer weak observational studies. It's why you're reading this article here instead of the New York Times. And that is not just in regards to social psy ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 24 2024 - 8:40am

"It Was Not Designed As A Science Experiment"- Seralini Speaks Some Truth

Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini, the go-to researcher for Big Organic marketing groups and the partisan media enablers (SourceWatch, US Right To Know, Mother Jones) they fund, finally wrote something accurate in a paper- "it was not designed as a scientific ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 26 2024 - 10:07am

Why Do More Environmentalists And Organic Food Shoppers Believe Vaccines Cause Autism?

I enjoyed a drink one time with a fellow who was, even for science blogging, left of left.    I won't name names because it doesn't matter, he is a talented writer and a good guy but I always feel like he loves politics more than science and his ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2024 - 9:30am

The Hill Promotes A Cell Phone Conspiracy Theorist

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Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 4 2024 - 9:56am

Are More Blizzards A Teaching Moment For Climate Change Or A PR Headache?

On the face of it, Al Gore conducting a global warming conference during a blizzard a few years ago looked bad.   But maybe it was a teaching moment. The weather has always had swings and separating weather from climate is a key aspect in understanding why ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 7 2024 - 10:12am

The Most Likely To Confront Racism Are White People

White people are more likely to confront those who post racist content on social media. On surveys, at least, but on surveys very few people say they are anti-science, or even anti-vaccine. Not from 1998 to 2021, when coastal cities dominated vaccine exemp ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2024 - 10:33am

Gender Bias: Both Men And Women Prefer To See Women In Google Image Searches

If Google image search results overwhelmingly returned results showing men, that would be evidence that ending gender bias still has a long way to go. In the bias community, results showing women are the same thing. And the authors of a new paper say femal ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 16 2024 - 12:29pm

No Need To Fear Universe Ending In ‘Collision With Bubble Of Nothingness’(False Vacuum Collapse Of Higgs Field)

This is an article in New Scientist that’s being shared in social media which says it's a new caclulation of the future of the Universe according to the theory of false vacuum. It’s scaring many people because when you read it as far as it goes, befo ...

Article - Robert Walker - Feb 23 2024 - 12:34pm

Dear Media: Please Exaggerate The Risks Of Bat Flu

If if you're in media and tired old swine flu sounds too hammy to generate page views and bird flu does not make your audience cry fowl any more, there is good disease news- scientists may have found flu in bats. If bats can get a virus, why can' ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 27 2024 - 10:44am

Losing Weight Can't Cause Cancer But Welcome To Modern Epidemiology

As the century turned, the science community began to become critical of a once-honored field; epidemiology.  If you are not familiar with it, it is people who correlate causes to outcomes. They don't show it, they usually are not scientists, but they ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 7 2024 - 11:33am