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Category Archives: Science
Paying The Toll For Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric
The anti-vaccination movement has run a two-decade-long campaign of fear-mongering. It’s a well-funded campaign with a provocative narrative. They warn anyone who will listen that vaccines are dangerous, useless, and that they may cause autism. They spread propaganda originating from a fabricated 1998 study by ex-medical … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged anti-vaccine, Autism, California, disneyland, herd immunity, Measles, MMR, Stephen Propatier, vaccination myths
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Is Your Birth Control Contributing to the Spread of HIV?
Recent research about injectable long-acting hormone contraceptive suggests it may be increasing the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Research with scary compelling narratives always get media exposure. This research is no different. Science reporting has become a lost art, and it is no … Continue reading
The Glyphosate Zombie… Again
The sad truth of reading my social media feeds is that I see at least one article a day on glyphosate. Glyphosate, aka RoundUp, is an over 40-year-old herbicide that has the advantage of being toxic to plants in low … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged dr. oz, Glyphosate, Moms Across America, organic, PediaSure, roundup, Seneff, Séralini
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James Oberg: Astronaut UFO Incidents
Sometimes when looking for a topic, I end up going on wild tangents, chasing one thought or another and satisfying my own curiosity. I try to keep my ear to the ground for interesting or unusual UFO reports that might be … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Cool Stuff, Science, Space, TV & Media
Tagged Jim Oberg, Mike Weaver, NASA, Pareidolia, science, shuttle, space, ufo, video
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Tell GMO Producers To Stop Being So Organic!
One of the common arguments against the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO), specifically plant GMOs, is that it allows farmers to spray “toxic” chemicals to kill various pests from bugs to weeds to help maximize crop yields. Anti-science websites … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Science
Tagged Glyphosate, monsanto, organic, pesticides, roundup, We Love GMOs and Vaccines
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IMO: What would it take to change your mind?
As critical thinkers and skeptics, it is important that we understand our own beliefs and accepted facts. Take to heart the words of physicist Richard Feynman who observed, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are … Continue reading
Captain Cook and the Impossible Cotton
Shortly before Captain James Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii in 1779, one of his botanists, David Nelson, made a single four-day excursion up Mauna Loa and collected 136 species of plants. From Reader’s Digest‘s 1986 book, Mysteries of the Ancient … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Stuff, History, Nature, Science
Tagged botany, Brian Dunning, Bruno van de Casteele, cotton, genes, genetics, Hawaii, hybrid, mystery, plants
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Gravitational Waves and the Value of Errors
Imagine a fat guy doing a cannonball into a calm swimming pool. We can predict that a minute later the surface of the pool will be mottled with waves: ridges and valleys, peaks and pits. The Standard Model of cosmology … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Stuff, Nature, Science, Space
Tagged astronomy, Brian Dunning, cosmology, gravity, science, Scientific American, space
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Yes, the Dose Really Does Make the Poison
One thing that frustrates me in conversations about “harmful chemicals” on Skeptoid and elsewhere is when individuals display a complete lack of understanding of dosage. This comes in two forms. The first form is the passive argument that completely omits”dosage” … Continue reading
Can Zinc Help My Cold?
I’ve had a cold since Sunday and it’s pretty miserable. As far as I can tell, there’s nothing to do but wait it out. I’ve tried various treatments for symptoms, with limited results. Looking through the rack at the drugstore … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Health, Science
Tagged cold, flu, Harvard, illness, Mayo Clinic, Steven Novella, zinc
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