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Canadian Epidemiologists Claim Processed Foods Cause Bad Kids

A cohort analysis of preschoolers in Canada has led the authors of the paper to call for bans...

What AI Can't Do: Humanity’s Last Exam

By this time 26 years ago, the "Dot-Com Bubble" was ready to burst. People who wanted to raise...

Does NBA Income Inequality Impact Team Performance?

A new paper says that players where a few superstars get the money leads to less cooperation and...

Dogs And Coffee: Finally, Epidemiology You Can Trust

In 2026, it is easy to feel intellectually knocked around by all of the health claims you read...

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Michael Pollan Doesn't Just Hate Agriculture, He Hates All Scientists

Michael Pollan Doesn't Just Hate Agriculture, He Hates All Scientists

Oct 05 2016 | comment(s)

Michael Pollan, food activist and journalist, is the proverbial man trapped in the past in his latest piece for the New York Times, criticizing the Obama administration for not catering to his bizarre beliefs about how food production actually works, and along the way taking the opportunity to smear...me.

Cornell Students Want Their Own Kangaroo Court For GMOs

Cornell Students Want Their Own Kangaroo Court For GMOs

Oct 04 2016 | comment(s)

Cornell students want to "debate" GMOs tomorrow, and while finding anti-science activists is easy - Michael Hanson of Consumers Union will go anywhere to undermine food, that is why The Dr. Oz Show loves him, and they also got someone named Jonathan Latham of Independent Science News - what they couldn't find was a scientist.
Microbiome: 'Emerging Medical Science' Is The New Term For Chasing A Fad

Microbiome: 'Emerging Medical Science' Is The New Term For Chasing A Fad

Oct 03 2016 | comment(s)

Nestle, the world's largest food company, has decided to embrace optimizing our microbiome, which consists of trillions of bacteria living in the digestive system and which has been linked to depression, multiple sclerosis, autism - you name it, and someone is claiming their product will fix it.
'Of Questionable Evidentiary Weight' — Another Nail In IARC's Glyphosate Coffin

'Of Questionable Evidentiary Weight' — Another Nail In IARC's Glyphosate Coffin

Sep 27 2016 | comment(s)

It seems like a hundred years ago that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was considered a neutral force for public good - but it was only 51.

In 1965, when the Agency was created by the United Nations, there was a lot of optimism about science and the future and IARC was created to instill confidence in the public about the difference between real harm and scaremongering.

California Methane Caps Could Hurt Organic Farming Most

California Methane Caps Could Hurt Organic Farming Most

Sep 24 2016 | comment(s)

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a new law demanding that dairy cows stop producing so much methane. They are basically giant fracking wells on four legs, after all. 
March Against Monsanto Claims Vaccines Cause Cancer

March Against Monsanto Claims Vaccines Cause Cancer

Sep 23 2016 | comment(s)

In 2012's "Science Left Behind" I noted something that was perfectly obvious to anyone who was not in a progressive ideological bunker - that while both the American left and right were each anti-science about some things, only the right wing got any science media attention about it. And that was despite the fact that the left's anti-science beliefs are far more dangerous.