Science & Society

Transgender women who have been on hormones for years have no advantage in sports.

A study has been making the rounds and has been published in BJSM. It is a meta-analysis of various research, providing strong scientific evidence focused specifically on sports. I don't think it will change much; just like a single study or court ca ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Feb 10 2026 - 9:08pm

"She Is Batshit Crazy"- What Bruce Blumberg And Other Anti-Science Activists Say About Zen Honeycutt

Two weeks ago, CNN shocked some in the science community by having Vani Hari, who styles herself as "The Food Babe"(1), tell us that the bacterial problem on romaine lettuce was caused by modern medicine.   It was no great surprise to most of us, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 7 2026 - 9:50am

Mississippi Gopher Frog: Science 2.0 Beats Center For Biological Diversity In The Supreme Court 8-0

It may not feel like science wins often in court but it beat out activists last week. Not only did science, and Science 2.0, win, it was a unanimous decision at the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court of the United States.  And the ruling dealt a ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 29 2026 - 1:51pm

To Survive A Car Crash, Be Young, Male And Drive A BFC

Vehicle fatalities are the most common cause of accidental death around the world. In the US alone, there are 30,000 deaths in car crashes each year.  Are there inequalities in those figures? According to an epidemiology paper presented yesterday at the a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2026 - 1:22pm

How Ancel Keys Went From MAHA Hero To MAHA Villain

If a lot of the food and health claims you read and hear today seem like things left over from the 1970s, that's because they are. The food activist community, vegetarians and other diet groups, rebranded their beliefs as Make America Health Again (MA ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 20 2026 - 3:50pm

Do Science Journalists Play Favorites When It Comes To Politics?

In December, when a Republican berated the CDC for not finding links between vaccines and autism, science media was outraged.  Yet for years prior to that, Democrats had made the same claim with no mention of their political affiliation at all.  In that sa ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 24 2026 - 11:17am

This Emissions Amp Goes To 11- Coal Linked To Suicide

Not getting the message that emissions are bad?  A new paper claims that air pollution and emissions from coal-fired electricity plants are associated with higher suicide rates right along with psychiatric conditions. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 13 2026 - 9:57am