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Baseball Blasphemy? Pitching Is Only 25 Percent Of Team Success

Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., better known as Connie Mack, once said that pitching is 75 percent of baseball.  He was speaking from experience, not data, and looks can be deceiving, as people who think a curve ball move two feet can attest, but sc ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 28 2020 - 11:44am - 0 attachments

In 1921, Baseball Considered Banning Radio Broadcasts

... in this era, the gate was everything. But other owners, led by Chicago Cubs owner William Wrigley and located primarily in the Midwest, ... generous enough compensation. But the anti-radio owners, led by the three New York clubs (the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers), wanted to ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 28 2020 - 11:43am - 0 attachments

The Muddled Debate About Pesticide And GM Crops

... Europe found that GM plantings in the United States led to a 7 percent increase in chemical spraying." Seriously? A ...

Article - Steve Savage - Jan 6 2020 - 10:14am - 0 attachments

A Flawed Science Journalism Article Provides Good Education On How We Can Do Better

... editorializing by Berkeley Professor Tyrone Hayes, who led the 2002 study. His claims were promoted heavily by Pesticide Action ... but as we cautioned when the movement was nascent, it led to a rash of suspect publications where you can literally pay to get ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 30 2019 - 10:13am - 0 attachments

PLOS Removed Its Hatchet Job Against Kevin Folta - But The Problem Of Media Spin Remains

... guns on the people cackling that Folta must be on the take led by, of course, the official magazine of the anti-science community, ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 3 2019 - 11:36am - 0 attachments

"Food Evolution": A Tale Of Two Cities

... look at 50 different RSS feeds. The success of Science 2.0 led to me being named the second President of the nationally prominent American ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 3 2019 - 11:22am - 0 attachments

Feeling Out Of Touch With The Production Of Your Food? Blame Jethro Tull

... No, I don’t mean the  70s rock band  led by flautist Ian Anderson and guitarist Martin Barre, I mean the early 18 ...

Article - Steve Savage - Nov 22 2019 - 8:47am - 0 attachments

Just In Time For Halloween - Garlic Wards Off Vampires And Is Good For Your Heart Too

... triggered red blood cells to release H2S, which then led to the relaxation of blood vessels. Fresh garlic was used at a ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2019 - 10:13pm - 0 attachments

Is Science Back In Fashion For Democrats?

... its use of coal. The resulting increased on CO2 emissions led to escalating concern about global warming but rather than accept their ...

Cool Link - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2019 - 12:46pm - 0 attachments

Science Academia Is Out Of The Political Mainstream - But Social Science Is Out There Like Pluto

... like their stance on the Inheritance Tax. America has led the world in science output, in Nobel prizes, and leads the world in adult ... A paper written by a number of social psychologists, led by self-professed liberal Jonathan Haidt, who calls his one belief Moral ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2019 - 11:28am - 0 attachments