Let’s start with the premise that Sen. Tom Cotton (a) doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and (b) is a saber-rattling warmonger. In short, a dangerous loose cannon. Those are safe bets in almost any debate, and especially this one. I’m not a nuclear expert; but neither is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Science’
April 2nd, 2015 - 7:13 pm § in Uncategorized
Johns Hopkins sued for human medical experiments
“More than 750 plaintiffs are suing the Johns Hopkins Hospital System Corp. over its role in a series of medical experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s and 1950s during which subjects were infected with venereal diseases. The lawsuit in Baltimore seeks $1 billion in damages for individuals, sp[...]
Is This For Real? Michael Eisen Goes Turncoat
Why I, a founder of PLOS, am forsaking open access By Michael Eisen | Published: April 1, 2014 PLEASE NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THIS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN FOR APRIL FOOLS DAY ON DR. EISEN’S WEBSITE!!! I co-founded the Public Library of Science (PLOS) in 2002 because I believed deeply that the open a[...]
March 26th, 2015 - 10:40 am § in Uncategorized
Wherein a flat-earther invokes Galileo to call scientists cranks …
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) likened himself to Galileo as he defended his position as a climate change denier in an interview Tuesday in New York City with the Texas Tribune. … “I’m a big believer that we should follow the science and follow the evidence,” Cruz said. … Cruz [...]
March 10th, 2015 - 7:33 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Swedish researchers confirm that drunken frat boys are stupid
Swedish researchers have found a correlation between intelligence and alcohol consumption in young males, with dumber young men more likely to indulge in heavy drinking and binge drinking, CBS News reports. According to this study, “a young adult male’s risk of heavy drinking increases [...]
Radical Republicans: Inhofe
Faith-based reasoning is intrinsically anti-science: U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is a staunch critic of climate science and in line to become one of America’s most powerful voices on environmental policies. Inhofe is expected to chair the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works[...]
February 26th, 2015 - 1:40 pm § in Politics
GOP legislator finds cure for cancer
Michele Fiore, a Nevada state legislator representing part of Las Vegas, believes the FDA is repressing effective cancer treatments like this one: If you have cancer, which I believe is a fungus, and we can put a pic line into your body and we’re flushing with, say, salt water, sodium cardonate [s[...]
February 24th, 2015 - 2:05 am § in Hypocrisy
For those afraid of GMO …here come the Robocows!
Der Spiegel: Robotic Milk Production Takes Over Smaller dairy farms in Germany are rapidly disappearing, and with EU quotas on milk production set to expire next year, the process is likely to accelerate. The only way to survive is to turn cows into machines and keep them away from the meadow. By Jo[...]
February 21st, 2015 - 4:03 am § in Uncategorized
How to argue with a scientist: A guide
from The Contemplative Mammoth, by Jacquelyn Gill ? December 6, 2011 ? I notice it all the time– on Facebook, in the comments of a science blog, over family gatherings, or listening to a radio talk show. Someone, maybe you, is patiently trying to explain how vaccines cause autism, perhaps, or why [...]
February 19th, 2015 - 2:19 pm § in America
Global Warming: The US Set for a Return of the Dustbowl .. and Worse!
NASA has published an article that global climate change is going to produce unimaginably bad, long lasting droughts. “Unprecedented drought conditions” — the worst in more than 1,000 years — are likely to come to the Southwest and Central Plains after 2050′ “[...]