Progressives shriek "false equivalence!" every time the numerous anti-science positions of people on their side of the aisle are mentioned, but that is a reactionary defense mechanism - a large part…

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http://www.cirm.ca.gov/StemCellBasics_Questionshttp://sdrmi.org/wordpress/?p=278http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=13523 The California Institute for Regenerative…

If San Diego has Republicans, anti-vaccine sentiment is bipartisan But even CDC data can be misused if someone sets out to do so. San Diego County had a measles outbreak in 2008, for example. San…

Attempts to craft articles with elaborate philosophical rationalizations are the kind of thing that conservatives of the Buckley era used to hate - so it is no surprise that their libertarian…

"Astronomy is about as pure and as clean as you can get, so what’s the big deal?” That's the question an astronomer asked about why, after 13 astronomy experiments on Mauna Kea, 13,000 feet in the…

A study of risk communication as it relates to altruistic behavior has found that portraying an event as a distant risk, despite highlighting its importance and potential progression, fails to prompt…

Citizen science, amateurs who did science for the love of it rather than as a career, were once well-respected. They were often more elite than those who did it as an occupation, much like Sherlock…

Amid the many calls for scientists to engage with the general public, there are some who feel that scientists ought to remain aloof and disconnected from the broader public. They believe academics…

In America it seems that Democrats are gaining ground and that therefore the culture is moving to the left. It's actually much different, Democrats have actually moved to the right. President Obama…