Science 2.0
The Notion Of Nations: Does A Nationalist Pol Know What A Nation Is?
Our outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is due to our preference for democracy over autocracy, and to the danger of Russia pushing further westward into Europe. Perhaps most of all, we abhor the idea of one country violating the borders of another one.
We Stopped RFK Jr When Obama Wanted Him, We Stopped Him With Trump, Let's Do It Again
His transition team, those who set the tone for his Cabinet and first 100 days, was over-represented with UFO believers. His inner circle included a guy who thoughts girls can't do math. I was only two years into science media by then so I believed that science academics were a cross-section of America - diverse - and that President George W. Bush hated science and everything else. Yet none of the choices President-elect Obama made seemed to concern those who insisted that science was paramount.(1)
Flying Drones With Particle Detectors
Even After Getting Cancer, Quitting Cigarettes Leads To Greater Longevity
Even if you get cancer, quitting smoking improves outcomes.
Non-Europeans Opt Out Of Genomic Databases, Leading To Lack Of Diversity
Testicular Cancer Treatment: What Is The Gold Standard?
The Nobel Prize And The Role Of AI In Scientific Advancement
The 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, who many have called “the godfather of AI”. The award seems apt for the time we are in.
Thanksgiving Science: Did COVID-19 Revive Family Dinners?
Halloween Horror Science: Are Chickens That Learn A Bigger Threat To Us Than AI?
Their marketing of the paper suggests they know who their key demographic is; middle-aged wealthy white women. And if you want them, you invoke "The Gilmore Girls", a show about a genius single mother with an equally intelligent daughter and they are best friends and talk really fast and use a lot of Proust references.
Some Notes On The Utility Function Of Fundamental Science Experiments
If The Science Disagrees With Your Agenda...Suppress It?
It remains controversial, critics say young people can't provide informed consent for many, many things but Dr. Olson-Kennedy wanted to do a U.S. study similar to one done in Netherlands which found kids given these interventions were happier.(1)
How Social Media Affects Young People
Last year, the American Psychological Association (APA) issued a health advisory on the use of social media by adolescents. This was based on mounting scientific evidence that social media has both benefits and risks for teens, and that parents and guardians needed better advice on how to balance the two.
Ignore Critics, Gen Z, We Weren't Smarter In 1984
Taking The Book Of The Dead To Heart
The 42 gathered gods would measure the heart and if it weighed more than the Feather of Truth which adorned the head of Maat, their Goddess of Justice, Order, and Truth, it was consumed by the Goddess Ammit, Devourer of the Dead, who had the body of a crocodile, a lion, and a hippopotamus, and you were gone from existence forever.
People had a lot of ways to get heavy hearts. Theft, anger, even eavesdropping added weight.
American CO2 Is Below War War II Levels But We Keep Emissions High In Poor Countries
Another Week, Another Claim About Caloric Restriction Being Science
Humans are not going to starve their babies.
Obesity certainly shortens lifespan but that doesn't make calories a scientific antimetabole. Yet despite this study being in mice, and therefore only EXPLORATORY, evangelists for longevity claims, the strange cousin of Singularity believers, are touting this as if it's meaningful.
Lifestyle Guru Dr. Casey Means Believes Plants Are Tiny Green People
Environmental predatorts still sell it to the gullible. Lawsuits are how they make their money.
If you do believe in that plants are tiny green people and share a biological pathway and therefore a weedkiller can give you cancer, you don't trust science, you simply want to believe prejudiced epidemiology when it matches your bias against science.
Not Just Wealthy White People, Expensive Snacks Are All The Rage For Gen Z Too
That time is still now. This one is especially fun, because two words after assuring us it "has literally sold out everywhere" she tells gullible viewers that you can buy it at the store she's being paid $5 to promote.
Humans Age In Two Bursts, At 44 And 60
Aging is not a smooth and gradual process.
Mercury Emissions Are In Decline Yet Doomsday Prophets Claim They Are Up
None of those are true yet they all have claims found in journals and in media. So it has been with mercury emissions, where computer models so poorly designed they'd get you fired in the private sector if you tried to recommend a working prototype using them sail through peer review.