If you want to go into the clergy, study science It may sound strange to young scientists ot today who are thoroughly steeped in the culture wars before they get a bachelor's degree, but…

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/10030/title/What-P... Decades on, bacterium’s discovery feted as paragon of basic science MADISON, Wis. – Over time, the esoteric and sometimes…

And there is the beauty and the ugliness of it. Politicians, especially the ones you vote for, don't need to give you more funding because you are not going anywhere. It's the same mentality the WWE…

A recent paper uses neuromarketing techniques - basically, electrodermal activity to detect fluctuations in the emotional and attentional state of subjects in response to commercial stimuli - to try…

Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hinted a restriction on menthol in cigarettes might again be coming - and the stock markets reacted as expected, reading a government restriction as…

As Science 2.0 approaches its 12th anniversary people have asked me about the reasons for its longevity. Some of if it just riding out the ups and downs of culture, of course, we are a boring but…

In the world of government-funded science, there is usually no applied outcome, no direct benefit to the public, and so the (1) struggle to be relevant (which in practical terms means continue to be…

Cardiac surgeon and television personality Dr. Oz was on The Today Show this week talking about cold remedies, and as usual he was a mix of evidence and shamanism. It's easy for the pro-science…

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SmirnoffDrake's  Woo meter: 6, for vegan, gluten-free, kosher, Non-GMO Project, USDA Organic, and suggesting they are healthy alcohol. Square One Cucumber Vodka, which is their regular rye vodka…

I don't smoke, I never have, and even just a few years ago I was in the "quit or die" camp regarding smokers.  I got more compassionate after learning about the issue, when "vaping", the action…

Before I begin, to the general science public who visits Science 2.0 (some 300,000,000 in 12 years, so thank you for supporting independent science media!) - this article is of no value to you,…

The Washington Post has long been a left-leaning publication and it is said that's the paper satirist Mort Sahl was lampooning when he began joking about the headline of a liberal outlet after a…

Though an entire $2 billion industry has been built scaring people about the modern world (which has promoted a $35 billion supplement market and a $110 billion Organic industry) we're in a Golden…

Ben&Jerry's is not going to roll out ice cream derived from geneticaly modified cells in a lab any time soon - their buying demographic hates science (although their parent conglomerate Unilever…

Organic food has no surprise spot testing, and no testing at all from its clients like Environmental Working Group, in the U.S. you just have to rely on the willingness of over 80 groups that are in…

Organic food has no surprise spot testing, and no testing at all from its clients like Environmental Working Group, in the U.S. you just have to rely on the willingness of over 80 groups that are in…

Will beer and fights become the newest health craze? Though the stereotype of Australian men is the tough, beer-drinking Alpha - they popularized running face-first while rappelling down cliffs among…

Type 2 diabetes develops when the body becomes resistant to insulin or the pancreas becomes unable to produce enough insulin.  Though there is sometimes a genetic factor but it is overwhelmingly…

Having one of the most powerful bites in the animal kingdom, crocodiles must be able to bite hard to eat their food such as turtles, wildebeest and other large prey.  Well, so do we, but we don…