Science & Society

COVID-19 Pandemic And Declines In Coffee Consumption Have Left Millions Struggling To Make A Living

The reopening of cafes has been one of the highlights of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for many Australians. During lockdowns, long queues for takeaway coffee were testimony to caffeine’s relevance to our lives. ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 6 2020 - 6:49pm

No Matter Who Wins The U.S. Election, COVID-19 Social Unrest Could Be Rampant

Are Proud Boys and Antifa fighting each other 'to oppose fascism' a product of the COVID-19 pandemic? No, militant groups have always attracted people with pathologies who just need a reason to be violent, but pandemics do cause social unrest, at ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 10 2020 - 10:48am

COVID-19 Has Been A Gold Rush For Journals- But Media Coverage Of The 'Infodemic' May Confuse The Public

Are you excited about dozens of COVID-19 vaccine candidates? Do you get confused about whether or not it's as harmful to have been exposed to the 2019 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus as it is to have COVID-19? Do you think the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine w ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 14 2020 - 8:38am

Gentle Medicine: Be Less Interventionist And Other Changes To Routine Practice

Numerous criticisms of medical science have been articulated in recent years. Some critics argue that spurious disease categories are being invented, and existing disease categories expanded, for the aim of profit. Others say that the benefits of most new ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2020 - 6:01am

18 Percent Of Americans Don't Have Enough To Eat, Which Makes Them...Obese?

More than 18 percent of U.S. adults claim they do not have access to adequate food from day to day, according to a new paper, which more than doubled between 1999 and 2016. The result: Higher obesity. People got fat from not enough food? There are obvious ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 24 2020 - 6:01am

How COVID-19 Has Changed Language

In April, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary did something unusual. For the previous 20 years, they had issued quarterly updates to announce new words and meanings selected for inclusion. These updates have typically been made available in March ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 28 2020 - 6:01am

Where Did Numbers And Math Come From? From Nature, Math Is The Language Of Physics.

W hat is math and is math real?   Math is the language of physics right down to figuring out what one hand full of fingers plus another hand full of fingers is.  Right down to a duck counting her ducklings even animals know that level of mathematics.  Mor ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 28 2020 - 7:07pm

Though Center For Food Safety And Other Lawsuit Groups Want Otherwise, Americans Trust Science

At a time when sue-and-settle activist groups like Center for Food Safety continue to claim scientists- across the private sector, non-profits, and government agencies- are colluding to poison us by allowing safe pesticide use, their messaging is being ign ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 30 2020 - 12:57pm

Trump, Covid, and Politics: Know Science Don't Just "Believe In" It.

T rump did not know science neither does his opposition.  Mask work, social distancing works, copious rapid testing works but no one or two or all of these things are a ironclad guarantee one will not get sick.  Keeping six feet apart reduces your chance ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 2 2020 - 11:49pm

Figs, Solar Storms, and Celebrity Endorsements

Here are a few of the things I have been watching, while living a somewhat less active life due to current conditions. In the south of England, this summer has been quite hot, and fig trees (mostly of the Brown Turkey variety) have been giving large crop. ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 3 2020 - 7:41am