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Fentanyl Issue - Blaming Big Pharma Or Foreign Crime Rings Tells Us How You Vote

During last evening's Republican National Convention, speakers repeatedly invoked the fentanyl...

Just Correlation, Not Science: Ozempic 'Leads' To Less Dementia

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More State Run Liquor Stores May Prevent Suicides

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Hank Campbell

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The Rise Of Empires As Seen By Trees

Jan 14 2011 | comment(s)

In ancient times, when things went wrong in battle or the economy, people blamed leaders (if they didn't like them) or the Gods (if they liked the leaders) but maybe they should have blamed global warming. Errr, and cooling.

A new study in Science uses the same techniques as dendrochronology to map the rise and fall of empires and cultures as it was recorded in tree rings - and then to weather conditions.

First Pluto, Now Astrology? Ophiuchus Needs To Be The 13th Sign, Says Astronomer

Jan 13 2011 | comment(s)

When I was a younger guy, I read my astrology sign 'predictions' in the newspaper. It was in the comics section, so clearly no one took it too seriously. But astrology had at least a foundation in science. Unfortunately, like homeopathy, it has long outlived its quirky time even though it has been shown to be rubbish.

But people who do have an interest in astrology will want to take notice soon. Astronomer Parke Kunkle told NBC the astrology signs have not been updated in so long they aren't really accurate. In fact, there need to be 13 instead of 12, due to changes in the Earth's alignment.

Facebook Is Obsessed With A Science Cheerleader

Jan 13 2011 | comment(s)

I'm not sure how many of you out there have Facebook - quite a few, I assume, given their huge participation numbers - but on a frequent basis they introduce changes designed to help us.

I can't argue with Mark Zuckerberg's instincts, since the valuation on Facebook is 10,000 times that of Science 2.0, but it doesn't always seem like the changes are good. I used to have a Home feed that gave me a cross section of new things from people on my friend list but now I can't figure out how it works - I get meaningless stuff from people I don't really know so I rarely use it these days.

Sorry sociologists, Arizona shooter Jared Loughner did not watch Fox News

Jan 12 2011 | comment(s)

Sociologists love when people get shot; it gives them a chance to make correlation/causation arrows go in all kinds of crazy directions.

So when people jumped on the gun rage by Jared Loughner as a product of the Tea Party or a climate of hate or whatever they wanted to call it, they easily found someone in sociology to back them up on it.

It must be extremism or something else that he got from listening to Rush Limbaugh or watching Fox News, right? Unless it is just some crazy guy shooting people. Mapping events to a cultural topology or a social agenda is not science - not even social science - it is plain old superstition.

Is There Still Gender Discrimination In Science?

Jan 12 2011 | comment(s)

Is there still gender discrimination in science? We hear about it even today but is it a real problem or is it primarily a problem in that 'if there is even one instance it is too many' way that zealots insist on zero tolerance, even when applied to individuals who sometimes make decisions based on silly reasons.

Sexing Up Global Warming For A New Decade

Jan 03 2011 | comment(s)

Environmental groups are concerned they have lost the trust of the public regarding global warming so they have taken to new marketing approaches. They started the last decade with runaway public interest and goodwill and ended it with scandals and black marks on the credibility of the climate field.