In World War II, Russia went from distrusted Bolshevik dictatorship to ally against German conquerors - at least to much of the public. By the end of the war, the race was on to cover as much ground…

In World War II, Russia went from distrusted Bolshevik dictatorship to ally against German conquerors - at least to much of the public. By the end of the war, the race was on to cover as much ground…

The non-profit science NGO Genetic Literacy Project has released its latest educational initiative, the Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index. With the worldwide war on GMOs essentially…

The non-profit science NGO Genetic Literacy Project has released its latest educational initiative, the Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker and Index. With the worldwide war on GMOs essentially…

Harvard is off to a rocky start in 2020. Renowned vegetarian epidemiologists Walter Willett and Frank Hu have been blasted by the science community for True Health Initiative efforts to suppress…

Harvard is off to a rocky start in 2020. Renowned vegetarian epidemiologists Walter Willett and Frank Hu have been blasted by the science community for True Health Initiative efforts to suppress…

The Handmaid’s Tale is a TV series based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood that presents a dystopian vision of a male-dominated society known as Gilead. Widespread infertility…

Chipotle was once the darling of the fast food community, a sign that McDonald's could do expensive American-Mexican fast food. Eventually, McDonald's sold it and then they started listening to what…

Chipotle was once the darling of the fast food community, a sign that McDonald's could do expensive American-Mexican fast food. Eventually, McDonald's sold it and then they started listening to what…

In 2002, Berkeley Professor Tyrone Hayes got a paper titled "Hermaphroditic, demasculinized frogs after exposure to the herbicide atrazine at low ecologically relevant doses" published in Proceedings…

As it turns out, there is a well-established relationship between pesticides, GMO crops, cancer and any number of other diseases, but it’s probably not the link that most people assume -- and…

The opioid crisis and deaths related to e-cigarette use among teenagers have dominated news headlines recently. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 34 people had…

I am not a member of the NRA but I own guns. To many gun control activists that is an anomaly, but I am actually among about 94 percent of gun owners. I am not a freeloader on a Constitutional right…

I am not a member of the NRA but I own guns. To many gun control activists that is an anomaly, but I am actually among about 94 percent of gun owners. I am not a freeloader on a Constitutional right…

One of the most suprising results of the "Machine Learning for Jets" (but really, for particle physics in general) workshop I attended in New York City two weeks ago was the outcome of a challenge…

People can deny a lot of science without making a huge difference in their lives; no one will die if they deny evolution. Gravity, on the other hand, will kill you. You can't just jump off a building…

“Terror is the normal state of any oral society, for in it everything affects everything all the time.” – Marshall McLuhan* The famous media scholar’s statement about preliterate societies seems to…

I recently presented a mathematical model to describe the evolution of the Holy Trinity from a system formed with differential equations that correspond to the God the Father, God the Son, and God…

Some people are surprised that the New York Times has a piece fawning over astrology. Are they new to the publication? Do they think it's a science outlet? In reality, the New York Times is a billion…

Some people are surprised that the New York Times has a piece fawning over astrology. Are they new to the publication? Do they think it's a science outlet? In reality, the New York Times is a billion…