Science & Society

HBO No: John Oliver's Awkward Support For The Anti-Vaccine Community

On Sunday evening, John Oliver of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" took a break from talking about Paul Manafort's clothing to talk about public trust in science. Well, sort of. Really, he claimed he wanted to expose "astroturf" gro ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 7 2025 - 9:14am

3 Reasons We Can Stop Spending $5 Billion To Recruit Scientists

Sometimes Science 2.0 has to swim against the stream. The stream, in this case, has been the long-standing irrational belief that America 'needs' more scientists. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 13 2025 - 4:05pm

Should Chelation Therapy Get Science Funding?

Henry I. Miller, M.D., physician and molecular biologist, is the Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and was at the NIH and FDA from 1977 to 1994. He is, basically, a longtime knowledg ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 14 2025 - 1:35pm

What Is Science 2.0? No One Else Seems To Know

I recently saw an article that surprised me, and it isn't often I am surprised by anything that shows up on the Internet.   It was written by Adrienne J. Burke at the New York Academy of Sciences and titled " Conversations with seven Science 2.0 ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 17 2025 - 10:04am

Contrary To The Poltical Narrative, A Lot Of Government Science Funding Doesn't Go To Science

Every day we read a new headline warning us that American leadership is about to erode because of budget cuts to 'science.' We have been told tuberculosis was about to be eliminated by a vaccine but a grant got cut and, gosh darn it, now Republic ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 17 2025 - 11:12am

Counterfeited In China: US Tariffs May Hurt Criminals The Most

In early 2025, the Trump administration began to place tariffs on countries that already had them on the U.S., like China, Brazil, and many in Europe. China has already begun to experience deflation but a new book reveals that the business sector likely to ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2025 - 10:03am

5 Spooky Scientific Research Papers For Halloween

This year to celebrate Halloween,  Digital Science have compiled their top five spooky scientific research papers. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2025 - 2:05pm

How Trump Is Making Taiwan Safe(r)

       Let’s write a letter to Donald Trump. Trigger warning: Lots of sarcasm here. Not-so-dear Don, ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Aug 15 2025 - 8:25am

Prop. 37 Backer: GMOs Cause Autism

Science 'consensus' is a dirty word to the environmental community- some of the time.   When it comes to global warming, the science consensus is accurate but when it comes to food, biologists are in the control of Big Business and government lob ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 19 2025 - 10:03am

Do Democrats Really Care About Science?

Sometimes you put things in the platform of a political party because it's a lot of drama to exclude them even if you don't really believe.  So we get hilarity like last week, with Republican candidate Mitt Romney disavowing some of his own platf ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 7 2025 - 11:29am