In December, when a Republican berated the CDC for not finding links between vaccines and autism, science media was outraged.  Yet for years prior to that, Democrats had made the same claim with…

What do science media and politics of 2013 share in common with 2006? Anti-science beliefs among the public? Check.Scientists willing to call them out? Check.Scientists and science media noting the…

Alerted by a link on Real Clear Science, I turned to an article on Slate.com, namely Felony Science Sixteen-year-old Kiera Wilmot’s curiosity was apparently piqued when a friend told her that if you…

In the UK, health care is nationalized but a trial lawyer for maternity cases says that has made money a bigger concern in deciding who gets quality medical care.  A report by The Royal College…

I was struck by the subject matter of three articles that had been posted recently.Egg White Protein May Help Lower High Blood Pressure Chlorogenic Acids In Green Coffee Beans Help Control Blood…

What Is Exogenous Semiotic Entropy ? The phrase exogenous semiotic entropy is from a recent "peer reviewed" "paper".  It looks like something that came out of a buzzphrase generator which was…

There is no question that increased use of natural gas has been good for the atmosphere - energy CO2 emissions are down to early 1990s levels in America and coal is at early 1980s levels of emissions…

Reuters gets dinged for being off-kilter journalistically when it comes to politics; to the current generation of independent voters they became famous for their Mid-East coverage last decade by…

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is the beginning to one of the world's most popular hymns, yet while millions of people can oddly identify Nicki Minaj, almost no one knows the name of Charles Wesley…

The segment of society that puts an anti-corporate mentality hand-in-hand with being anti-science is not just on the left; a whole lot of people are now cynical about the goals of the $29 billion…