Science & Society

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

Fact Checking Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'

Unless you hate movies, you know this weekend was "Barbenheimer"- two highly regarded, very different films were on track to smash some records. And they did. "Barbie" did over $150 million while "Oppenheimer" did $80 million, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 27 2026 - 9:50pm

Misandry Vs Manosphere: Both Use Unscientific Woo To Advance Their Beliefs But One Sells Better

Culture wars are as eternal as shooting wars, and that means there will always be war profiteers. Misandry and Manosphere poles get media attention when opening new fronts and those mean products appealing to both and then demography papers will follow. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 3 2026 - 3:41pm

Chloe Kim And Eileen Gu In Media As Anti-Asian Narrative

Olympians Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu are both Americans but have Asian descent. Yet Kim competed for her country in 2018 while Gu chose to instead compete for Communist China, which does not allow dual citizenship yet actively recruits foreign athletes to be ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 10 2026 - 2:56pm