Science & Society

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

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