Science & Society

Calling BS On Blaire White, One Video On How Sex Change Can Go Bad And Many For Whom It Went Fine

B laire White had an interview with a male to female post op transsexual / transgender who regrets having the operation in part due to complications of having had the operation.  Research has shown the overall satisfaction rate is about 91% with a rate of ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 3 2022 - 9:07pm

There's A Gender Pay Gap But It's Smaller In Occupations Dominated By Men

The wage gap between genders has always had some cultural traction but there were also always odd pockets where it was worse- including what you wouldn't have expected. Environmental groups had far more women but the wage gap between what they paid me ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 8 2022 - 1:29pm

Who Is An Idiot? Matt Walsh, Ozone Hole Denier, That's Who.

W ithout bringing up anything else Matt Walsh has talked about lately anyone around his age would know about the banning of CFC’s and the Ozone hole. The banning of CFC’s changed how we cool our houses, and how we apply deodorant or hair products. They we ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jul 20 2022 - 10:10pm

About Taiwan

“We got rich fast here,” a man in Beijing told me, “and we’re fast getting richer. Those lazy Taiwanese aren’t getting richer at all.” It is fashionable on the mainland to diss Taiwan, but – as I was too polite to inform my interlocutor – Taiwan residents ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Aug 6 2022 - 7:53pm

Nuclear Secrets Are No Longer About Science But Deployment, Readiness, And Negotiations.

E very physicist knows how nuclear weapons work. However, where our weapons are deployed, our level of readiness to use them, and what we know about other countries’ weapons and deployments would not be common knowledge. Any person with a completed underg ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Aug 13 2022 - 10:01am

Reflections On The Statement “The IAU Has A Clear Ideology About Inclusion That Has To Be Accepted By All Its Members"

POLITICIZATION OF SCIENCE. Reflections on the statement “The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has a clear ideology about Inclusion that has to be accepted by all its members” There are epochs in which science, academia and all intellectual activities ...

Article - Martín López Corr... - Sep 1 2022 - 12:18pm

Monsanto Gets 5th Victory Over Predatory Lawyers In Roundup Case

Roundup, and its important ingredient glyphosate, act on a biological pathway only found in plants. In the American legal system, science is basically irrelevant in a jury trial, though, so anyone can sue over anything. Only in an appeal will science in sc ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 2 2022 - 10:45am

Is The Art Community Sexist?

In the art world, there is a gaping gender imbalance when it comes to male and female artists. In the National Gallery of Australia, only 25% of the Australian art collection is work by women. ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 5 2022 - 9:51am

Don't Be A Charles About Science: The New Prince Of Wales Should Divest From Mystical Organic Beliefs

England is in crisis. They lost a beloved figurehead this month but for decades prior were losing scientific ground. If you look for the home of the modern organic food and anti-vaccine movements, you find their nexus in 1990s England. The primary royal be ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 19 2022 - 2:51pm

'What Hath God Wrought'- Today, Luddites Are Concerned About Weedkillers Like They Once Were The Telegraph

Do you believe the telegraph was giving telegraph operators cancer? If not, it's only because there was no Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or US Right To Know group promoting fear and doubt about it the way they do vaccines, food, and cell phones. On May 24th, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 20 2022 - 11:55am