Science & Society

A Call To Ban Individuals From Shooting Off Fireworks

Another Fourth of July is here, the time for backyard barbecues, picnics, cookouts, parades, swimming and fireworks. One of those Independence Day pastimes, however, stands apart: fireworks. They’re a somewhat controversial topic in the US and are covered ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 6 2015 - 7:30am

The Chocolate Hoax Only Fooled Mainstream Media

Think the 'chocolate as miracle food' hoax was something new? ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 22 2019 - 7:06pm

Among Academics, Patent Filings By Women Have Risen The Fastest

Though women outnumber men in all but tenured positions, there is concern that the numbers are still not high enough. If that is true, you wouldn't know it by filing patents with the U.S. Patent and Trade Office over the past 40 years. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2015 - 9:01am

Scare Culture Is Making People Enjoy Food Less

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is making $100 million per year scaring people about food and other science. It isn't helping the public be any safer, it is just making people enjoy food less, according to a new study. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2015 - 7:30am

Medical Child Abuse Or Desperate Parents?

When you can be arrested for letting your children go to the park alone, we might be a little hyper-vigilant, yet on the other side multiple times per week there is indignation that child protective services failed to stop some idiot parents who were harmi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 21 2015 - 6:39am

Wacko Conspiracy Sites: The Intercept

They don't directly talk about us, they talk about a guy at a think tank who used to be a staffer for the Council a decade ago, which would be a logical fallacy but I don't want to use big words and confuse journalists at The Intercept. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 22 2019 - 7:08pm

Chinese Strengthen Food Safety Laws

China and Taiwan have enhanced government ability to be more effective in ensuring food safety and guarding against food fraud, according to a July 13th panel discussion atthe Institute of Food Technologists meeting in Chicago. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2015 - 8:00am

Montana Company Wins XPRIZE Ocean Award

Someone forgot to tell James Beck that Oceanographers are supposed to work near an ocean.  ...

Article - Nicholas Staropoli - Jul 23 2015 - 1:54pm

How To Make Cancer Drugs More Affordable- Mix Naivete And Someone Else's Money

A group of academics have channeled their inner Bernie Sanders and written a wonderfully naïve op-ed about how to lower drug prices: Destroy the industry that made America the world leader in biotechnology. It's simple. Let government control drug pr ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 27 2015 - 8:20pm

57% Of Consumers Buy Meat With Special Labels

From "free range" and "grass fed" to "all natural" and "pasture raised", if there is a label that can appeal to consumers, someone will print a label. And it works. Profit margins are good in the organic/pick-a-proc ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 3 2015 - 8:30am