There is a joke told in the science community. Q: How many naturopaths does it take to treat a disease?A: 3. One to distract you by telling you that Mercury is in retrograde, one to mix up a potion,…

There is a joke told in the science community. Q: How many naturopaths does it take to treat a disease?A: 3. One to distract you by telling you that Mercury is in retrograde, one to mix up a potion,…

Why isn't there a female Viagra? Well, there was. It didn't work, it never worked, and yet it got approved anyway because the Obama administration didn't want to look sexist. Science and health care…

Why isn't there a female Viagra? Well, there was. It didn't work, it never worked, and yet it got approved anyway because the Obama administration didn't want to look sexist. Science and health care…

When those the age of my parents bought houses in California in the late 1950s, it cost about $110,000 in today's money. Now the average is 700 percent more. In the early 2000s, health care was not…

When those the age of my parents bought houses in California in the late 1950s, it cost about $110,000 in today's money. Now the average is 700 percent more. In the early 2000s, health care was not…

The USERN organization (Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) will soon issue its next bulletin, to which I contribute with an opening message in the function of the president of the…

In the past two decades, children have become more obese and have developed obesity at a younger age. A 2020 report found that 14.7 million children and adolescents in the U.S. live with obesity.…

Quick, how many coronavirus pandemics have there been? A. 1B. 3C. A lot The answer is obviously, if you read here, C. We have no way to know how many coronavirus pandemics there have been because we…

Quick, how many coronavirus pandemics have there been? A. 1B. 3C. A lot The answer is obviously, if you read here, C. We have no way to know how many coronavirus pandemics there have been because we…

There is little reason to wonder why so many didn't trust government approval of the COVID-19 vaccine; the public hadn't trusted government science decision-making for decades prior to that, vaccine…

There is little reason to wonder why so many didn't trust government approval of the COVID-19 vaccine; the public hadn't trusted government science decision-making for decades prior to that, vaccine…

Few authors dare to say aloud things about physics or the history of physics that may go against the status quo. Alexander Unzicker is one of them. In his last work, Make Physics Great Again. America…

Electric cars are great on paper; if electricity is powered by solar and wind, and mining and maintenance can be done reasonably, it is an environmental win. Yet despite $4 trillion in subsidies for…

Electric cars are great on paper; if electricity is powered by solar and wind, and mining and maintenance can be done reasonably, it is an environmental win. Yet despite $4 trillion in subsidies for…

It is popular for some political activists to lament the modern Supreme Court(1) but the 1970s and '80s Supreme Court had 5 justices to the left of Sotomayor. That led to a lot of bad law. For trust…

It is popular for some political activists to lament the modern Supreme Court(1) but the 1970s and '80s Supreme Court had 5 justices to the left of Sotomayor. That led to a lot of bad law. For trust…

A new paper in Canadian Medical Association Journal has linked irregular heartbeats in 322 Chinese cities to small-micron particulate matter, invisible pollution that needs an electron microscope to…

Screening is underway to find a patient for the world's first bladder transplant in humans.  Like hearts or eyes, the patient’s diseased bladder will be removed and replaced with a healthy…

A revolution is taking place, but we seem to not yet realize it. Paradigm shifting technologies often produce an abrupt transition when they get adopted. However, that transition is not easy to…