Science & Society

Since 2022, when I got invited for a keynote talk at a Deep Learning school, I have been visiting with increasing frequency the northern Sweden town of Lulea, and its Technology University (LTU). In 2023 I spent three months there, invited by Marcus Liwick ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 12 2025 - 9:47am

Truth Or Consequences

From an early age, my life’s goal was to get at “the truth.” There were only two obvious career paths: Science, or investigative journalism. I went the first route, becoming an academic researcher. Proud of the path I chose, and always admiring the other ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Dec 13 2025 - 6:06pm

The Seasonal Spike In Divorce Filings

Associate sociology professor Julie Brines and doctoral candidate Brian Serafini claims there is quantitative evidence of a seasonal, biannual pattern of filings for divorce- determined by analyzing filings in Washington state between 2001 and 2015. Stati ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2025 - 10:05am

Christmas Truce 1914- The Germans Made The First Move

The Christmas Truce is no stranger to popular entertainment – this year more than any other as its 100th anniversary is marked. The famous moment when British and German soldiers climbed out of the trenches in peace on Christmas Day 1914 has been replicat ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 19 2025 - 9:42am

On January 5th, Don't Get Divorced Because Of Hallmark Movies

The Monday after New Year's is colloquially called Divorce Day, but it's more than marriages ending. Lots of people in longer relationships, and certainly seasonal holidates, just want to get through the holidays before pulling the plug. That Mon ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 21 2025 - 4:31am

2025 The Year Idiocracy Was Utopia Compared To Reality

R obert F. Kennedy Jr. and the charlatans now shaping policy at the highest levels of HHS represent the most sustained assault on American public health since COVID-19 itself. That’s not hyperbole. What we have lived through over the past year is not mere ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 28 2025 - 11:54pm

No One Is Really Shocked That Ben & Jerry's Is Anti-Science: It's A Surprise Unilever Is

There's no politics in ice cream but if there were, you can bet Ben & Jerry's would be the official ice cream of Mother Jones and Union of Concerned Scientists and other Democrats everywhere. It's over-priced, it has all the correct so ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 29 2025 - 7:09pm

Letter To A Future AGI

I am writing this letter in the belief that the development of an artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a matter of when, and not if; and in the hope that this text will become a vaccination shot against unethical use of the AGI powers. It is a bit lon ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 3 2026 - 3:56pm

Even With Universal Health Care, Mothers Don't Go To Postnatal Check-Ups

For decades, health care costs have been a political topic in America. Advocates argue it is the best in the world, wealthy people from countries where it is nationalized travel to the United States for elite care, while critics argue it is too expensive a ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 8 2026 - 1:46pm

College Predators: Half Of Nurses Leave The Health Care Field Due To High Student Loan Debt

Survey results conducted among registered nurses and advanced practice nurses in Michigan shows that the reason a third of them left the health care field is student loan debt. The Michigan Nurses' Study is a survey of 13,687 license holders that bega ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 26 2026 - 11:38am