I’ve Been Named The New President Of The American Council On Science And Health
Science 2.0 family, it is with great pride that I announce I have been named the president of the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH). read...
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How Mr. Spock Changed Our Perception Of Science
In 1966, when the "Star Trek" television show debuted, it was revolutionary - not just in the ways that are commonly stated, like that it took a stand against racism and petty geopolitics, we had Sidney Poitier and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. by then, but rather what it did for science.In the post-World War II era, science had gone from being a well-respected endeavor to being 'mad'. This was after...
read moreCan You Be An SS Doctor In A Nazi Concentration Camp And Still Be A Good Guy?
In 1993, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan gave us "defining deviancy down", a clever bit of alliteration based on the work of sociologist Emile Durkheim from his defining work of 1895. Durkheim wrote that crime is normal, it is going to happen, but by defining what is deviant, a community decides what is not and creates a reasonable standard for living together. read...
read moreArmchair Socialists More Physically Active Than Armchair Centrists – BMJ Christmas Science
It is often said that the middle of the road is the worst place to drive, yet centrists pride themselves on always arguing the opposite of whatever the conversation is. They believe we should split the difference on all issues, though the actual functioning of the United Nations should have put a stake into the heart of that political vampire by now. It turns out centrists are endangering...
read more2014 Retrospective: In Defense Of Treble, It’s Not Really All About That Bass
In a popular pop music song called "All About That Bass", accomplished songwriter Meghan Trainor took center stage in a video and America by storm.With an engaging 1940s sound (1) and a positive body image message, it was quickly embraced.Well, positive body image unless you were under a size 12, in which case you were one of the "skinny bitches", but that is not what this article is about. Fat...
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Tomorrow I will be eating and science will barely be on my mind.It will be on some minds. Some people will be trying to find a creative way to make vegan turkey, or free-range stuffing, and generally avoid all chemicals. Good luck with that.Thanksgiving is Hell for chemophobes, though so are the other 364 days when they get hit with the scientific mic-drop notion that every food on earth contains...
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