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Tracking U.S. vaccine policy—Mid-February 2026
Between federal lawsuits, sweeping schedule changes, and states mobilizing their own legal challenges, the last few weeks have been a ...
49ers injury conspiracy theory: Power-station radiation isn’t to blame, but anti-technology hysteria reigns
As a San Francisco 49ers fan since I was a child, it was painful to watch the Seattle Seahawks run ...
Viewpoint — Parts per billion, panic per bite: Healthy Florida First food hysteria and the war on modern agriculture
The Make America Healthy Again coalition is at it again. An increasingly organized alliance of anti-vaccine activists, environmental litigators, and ...
FDA Moderna mRNA review flip-flop: A sledgehammer to vaccine—and a gift to anti-vaccine activists
The FDA’s sudden thaw with Moderna doesn’t put an mRNA flu shot on the doorstep of pharmacies; it pushes the ...
Viewpoint: As gun laws weaken, deaths rise sharply
The numbers upend a familiar narrative. While stronger gun laws are linked to fewer firearm deaths overall, the real story ...
Viewpoint: How increasingly politicized foundations use dark money contributions to bolster advocacy campaigns at odds with science
Western societies are creating billionaires at an unprecedented rate. But these newly minted accidental philanthropists are not like the Rockefellers, ...
Trump-RFK Jr.’s FDA in science freefall: The leucovorin autism “cure” fiasco is one of many
The Food and Drug Administration is looking less and less like a regulator than a circus, with fresh, disconcerting episodes ...
Viewpoint: Why has organic and sustainable farming veered so far away from the scientific evidence?
The Trump administration’s US$700 million Regenerative Pilot Program, announced in late 2025, is one of the most significant federal investments ...
Viewpoint—Vaccine rejectionists are trying to scare women that they are being used as ‘guinea pigs’
We thought we'd answer a question that came in response to our series, Fun Size Science, in which Unbiased Science's ...
What happens to large pieces of plastic as it breaks down in the ocean?
Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea ...
Viewpoint: The activist group “Beyond Plastics’ is a scam front but it guided policy at Biden’s EPA
A Firebreak FOIA reveals a cozy relationship between EPA officials and the Beyond Plastics Founder, Judith Enck. This investigation, based ...
Viewpoint: Environmental activists corrupted Biden’s EPA
During the Biden administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) didn’t hide its close relationship with environmental groups and left-wing ...
Ancient Greek and Roman scholars were often more advanced than us in challenging science misinformation
Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed ...
Viewpoint: The D’Adamos family: Profile of wellness grifters
Despite years of scientific consensus debunking the "Blood Type Diet," the D’Adamo family has successfully transformed a biological myth into ...
How war, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution
People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution ...
Regenerative agriculture gets a star turn with “health guru” RFK, Jr. and the Trump Administration. What could go wrong? (Plenty)
Who would have thought the Trump administration would be championing “regenerative” farming — an approach long associated with progressive food ...
Social media gullibility: Challenging student’s increasing embrace of conspiracy theories
Mike Evans knew something had to change. As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in ...
Viewpoint—It’s time to challenge the European Union’s data-less restrictions on genetically modified (GMO) crops
Curious about where the EU currently stands on regulating green biotechnology? For a comprehensive overview, dive into our exclusive three-way ...
Viewpoint: Do Big Pharma and doctors collect big bucks ‘peddling’ vaccines?
[On January 21, 2026], the Texas Attorney General announced a formal investigation into “unlawful financial incentives” for childhood vaccines, claiming ...
Personalized health: When it comes to medicine, one size no longer fits all
Vive les différences. A new health study has found that the classic recommendation of eight hours of sleep may not ...
Viewpoint: Vaccine skeptics permeating the Trump administration are remaking U.S. health policy—for the worse
Martin Kulldorff, chair of the Trump administration’s reconstituted CDC vaccine panel, made a shocking — and misleading — statement as ...
Gene therapy can restore hearing in some people born with congenital deafness
Up to three in every 1,000 newborns has hearing loss in one or both ears. While cochlear implants offer remarkable hope for ...
Judging junk science: Here are the tools available for the courts to identify and block predatort and activist misinformation
Much has been written advising laypeople to navigate conflicting medical opinions and identify the golden truth amid the pervasive muck ...
Viewpoint: Lancet’s reputation as a leading science journal takes another hit in its capitulation to MAHA fearmongering over ultra-processed food
The new Lancet Series on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) draws on decades of global data, mechanistic evidence, and more than 100 ...
Gene editing opens the door in Indonesia to dramatic advances in sustainable farming but skeptics remain
Like other developing countries, Indonesia is facing a familiar dilemma: how to feed a growing population while protecting its extraordinary biodiversity ...
Promise & Peril—AI’s Open Questions: Year in Review
Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept. It is already embedded in how we grow food, diagnose disease, manage ...
Viewpoint—Mifepristone birth control pill: Congressional right-wingers and RFK, Jr. HHS who raise doubts about the safety of the treatment ignore reams of science
[On January 14, 2025], the Senate held its first health committee hearing of the year. The topic? Whether mifepristone, the medication commonly ...
