Dr. Brian Wansink, professor of marketing and director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, has tackled weighty issues such as what the paintings of "The Last Supper" can tell us about their diets, how kitchen spoons could be poisoning children and why we all think vegetarians are sissies.(1) read...
read moreBeing on a UN committee to discuss climate change must be a lot of fun; you get to fly to exotic locations and no one ever expects you to get anything done. I guess that applies to the UN overall.Bangkok held the latest meeting that accomplished nothing and everyone is gearing up now for the annual UN summit in Doha later this year, where the exciting news will be that they will take no...
read moreSince the early 1970s, all aspects of academia have skewed left. With that political shift, the confidence that scientists are neutral arbiters for the public good has also declined on both sides.More Republicans than Democrats think the fix is in regarding a green 'agenda' and global warming whereas more Democrats than Republicans think scientists are shills for Big Ag, Big Pharm, etc....
read moreThere is a Chinese middle class for the first time ever and they have decided to avoid their numerous conventional food scares by opting for organic food scares. read...
read moreComing into the Democratic convention, science academia is going to be enthusiastic in its support of President Obama. Unlike counterparts in private-sector science, academia will vote up to 85% Democratic and some of that reason has been that Democrats are more 'pro-science' than Republicans.Obviously that isn't true, I (co)wrote a whole book itemizing how progressives who have a vocal...
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