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Organic Food Does Not Reduce Cancer Risk

Organic Food Does Not Reduce Cancer Risk

Apr 03 2014 | comment(s)

Organic food has built a lot of mythology around its process - more ethical, more nutritional, fewer pesticides, a larger penis for the sons of organic shoppers - but one claim was a puzzler only subscribed to by the kind of people who buy homeopathy and healing crystals; that eating organic might reduce the risk of cancer.
It's Been A Bad Decade For Union Of Concerned Scientists

It's Been A Bad Decade For Union Of Concerned Scientists

Apr 02 2014 | comment(s)

A decade ago, a well-orchestrated political campaign against Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular turned everything into an anti-science issue. Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which is run by a former Democratic staffer, was front and center in that effort, even drafting a popular 2004 petition saying Bush "has continued to distort and suppress science" which was dutifully signed by a bunch of people who were never going to vote for a Republican anyway. 
California GMO Food-Labeling Bill Clears Committee

California GMO Food-Labeling Bill Clears Committee

Apr 02 2014 | comment(s)

California State Sen. Noreen Evans wants any food that contains a genetically modified ingredient to have a special label declaring it - unless the product is alcohol.
How To Take Millions Of Tons Of Pesticides Out Of Our Environment

How To Take Millions Of Tons Of Pesticides Out Of Our Environment

Apr 01 2014 | comment(s)

When Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" was taking the country by storm 50 years ago, it was a puzzle to scientists and farmers who did not see the cultural future looming in front of them. Scientists dismissed it as anecdotal evidence while farmers recognized that if you don't use a pesticide according to instructions, bad things happen. Both knew that without pesticides, yields would be devastated.
Bitsy's Brainfood Says Its Cereal Will Make Kids Smarter

Bitsy's Brainfood Says Its Cereal Will Make Kids Smarter

Apr 01 2014 | comment(s)

If there is one thing wealthy elites across the developed world share in common, it is increasingly denying vaccines and genetically modified foods.

"Darwin, did you ever see a Grampus?"

Apr 01 2014 | comment(s)

We often think of April 1st as more of a modern event, because it's sort of stupid and we think of our ancestors as being more serious.  

Not so.

Even the eminent biologist Charles Darwin got pranked by his shipmates on the HMS Beagle, April 1, 1832, as evidenced by his diary. 

While March 31st only noted a "A fine rattling breeze" the following day had him excited to make a new discovery: