Montana Company Wins XPRIZE Ocean Award

Montana Company Wins XPRIZE Ocean Award

Someone forgot to tell James Beck that Oceanographers are supposed to work near an ocean.  Beck, the CEO of Missoula, Montana-based Sunburst Sensors, LLC, took home both first prizes at this…
Chinese Strengthen Food Safety Laws

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…
Medical Child Abuse Or Desperate Parents?

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…
Scare Culture Is Making People Enjoy Food Less

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…
Wacko Conspiracy Sites: The Intercept

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…
The Chocolate Hoax Only Fooled Mainstream Media

The Chocolate Hoax Only Fooled Mainstream Media

Think the 'chocolate as miracle food' hoax was something new? In 2007 we carried an article spoofing how ridiculous the chocolate science hype was - AAAS had just carried a whole panel on the miracle…