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Category Archives: Science
Truvada, the Preventative HIV Drug
The preventative HIV drug Truvada, one of several HIV pre-exposure prophylaxes (PrEP) endorsed by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease control, has renewed discourse surrounding sexual health in the LGBT community. The drug represents a major breakthrough … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, Science, Technology
Tagged AIDS, HIV, iPrEx, Larry Kramer, LGBT, PrEP, The Normal Heart, Truvada
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Origins the Series
My brother Abe sends me a lot of cool videos and articles about science: recent research, new inventions, educational materials, or the work of grad students who are sharing presentations of their findings on YouTube. This week he sent me this great video series, … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Stuff, Education, Nature, Science
Tagged biology, critical thinking, education, evolution, science
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Abe Recommends: Magnets
My brother Abe sends me a lot of cool videos and articles about science: recent research, new inventions, educational materials, or the work of grad students who are sharing presentations of their findings on YouTube. This week he sent me this great video, explaining … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged education, magnets, science, video, youtube
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Is Science Close-Minded?
I’ve been frequently labelled “close-minded.” Usually the speaker (or writer) isn’t really targeting me. What they seem to mean is that “scientists are closed minded, and so are you people that worship them,” to only slightly paraphrase such sentiments. As you can … Continue reading
Is Big Pharma Ignoring Marijuana?
Last year I wrote a post about an argument I had with a family member over the use of marijuana. My position has a few different facets. I feel our government has it wrong on making it illegal. Some reasonable … Continue reading
Pregnancy, Pesticides, and Autism
News media outlets love a good story. Exciting narratives draw eyeballs and sell publications. Unfortunately, people rely on news media outlets for their health and science information. Experience has shown that news media often either get the information wrong, or place far too … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science, TV & Media, Uncategorized
Tagged Autism, environmental activism, health, media reporting, pesticides, science
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Employer Bias When Recruiting Women Leads to An Unjust Society
An interesting study popped up in one of my “Skeptoid ideas” feeds. Dr. Stijn Baert from the University of Ghent, Belgium and of the IZA Institute in Bonn, Germany, is applying an interesting research methodology to the field of employer … Continue reading
GMO Labeling: Consumer Protection or Fear Mongering?
The use of Genetically Modified Organisms, better known as GMO, is an area of debate among skeptics. GMO is actually a broad term that has a lot of moving parts. Forced labeling for consumer foods containing GMOs in the United States … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Health, Science, Technology
Tagged gmo, labeling, monsanto, organic
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Use Caution When Reading Anything About Guns
I had reservations about writing this post. I have considered writing it a few times, only to put it away because it is a difficult subject to tackle in a single post. The subject matter is also highly politicized and … Continue reading
About That Turing Test Win…
This past weekend, the media was all abuzz about how the Turing test had just been passed by a computer. This was an amazing achievement that heralded a new milestone in computing history. Or was it? Let’s take a look at … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science, Technology
Tagged computing, media, pseudoscience, quackery, science, skepticism, Turing
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