Science Controversies
Poll: Younger people more open to using genetics to increase fertility and reduce chances of inherited diseases
Our report Fertility, Embryo Research and Genome Editing: Public Attitudes in Europe explores public attitudes to fertility treatment, embryo research, genome editing, donor conception, surrogacy and ...
We are entering a new era of personalized medicine—if you’re white
The National Institutes of Health recently announced a remarkable achievement: the world’s largest database of human genomes, a repository of ...
Is the longevity obsession a new form of ageism?
It wasn’t always like this. In the 1600s and 1700s, when people aged 65-plus made up just 2% of the ...
Facts & Fallacies podcast: Organic food cuts pesticide exposure? A response to Dr. Rhonda Patrick
Even credentialed scientists are susceptible to the pressures of social media virality, sometimes venturing well beyond their expertise to promote ...
Viewpoint: Kratom ‘supplement’ crisis: DEA sits on its hands while patient addictions to this ineffective drug rise
Earlier this month, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a plan to ban a class of kratom products known as 7-OH, ...
Embryo gene editing is on the horizon, stirring mixed emotions
All Posts As Edward Donnell Ivy remembers it, many of the sickle cell episodes he endured in his 20s were ...
Viewpoint: A practical guide to evaluating social media wellness hype
Evaluating a health claim often comes down to a few questions that most people were never taught to ask. The ...
Are we edging closer to precisely, and safely, editing human embryos?
On June 1, an international group of industry and academic collaborators, led by geneticist Dieter Egli at Columbia University, released a preprint ...
Dr. TikTok and male fertility: Viral claims tout GLP-1 drugs as fertility boosters. What does the science say?
The "TikTok Medical Group" has stirred the viral waters around biohacking male infertility. GLP-1 receptor agonists are proving to be ...
‘It’s time to have a conversation’: Once adamantly opposed to human gene editing, UK’s The Guardian acknowledges likely benefits
Ever since Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology emerged in the early 2010s, ethical questions around genetically altered humans, so-called designer babies, have ...
Viewpoint: What’s the impact of the U.S. abandoning support for global health?
Worsening fiscal constraints and changing policy priorities have resulted in significant funding cuts to global health and development programs. While ...
Viewpoint: Trump appoints climate change hoax promoter to head influential government policy project
The Trump administration has appointed a critic of mainstream climate science to oversee the federal government’s flagship report on how ...
Viewpoint: With trust in doctors and mainstream medicine collapsing, medical professionals need a new communications strategy
Institutional trust has been in decline since the late 1950s, Stephanie Baker, PhD, professor of sociology at City St George’s, ...
Facts & Fallacies Podcast: Europe’s AC debacle underscores fatal flaw in green activism
Is Europe’s ideological aversion to air conditioning quietly killing thousands of people? A surprising body of evidence suggests that the ...
Pete Hegseth’s bizarre Viagra commercial as Trump administration endorses ‘hormone replacement therapy’
Pete Hegseth announced [on July 15, 2026] that the Department of Defense will offer testosterone deficiency screening for soldiers 30 and ...
Viewpoint: Polyphenols or NAD+ supplements to combat aging: No, Gwenyth Paltrow and followers, don’t waste your money.
“No, I don’t.” That’s my answer to the increasingly frequent questions I’ve been asked about whether I take anti-aging supplements ...
Across Eastern Europe, science disinformation has spread far beyond COVID and vaccine denialism. Here’s the grim list.
Medical misinformation in Poland has become in 2025 a much larger ecosystem than the old anti-vaccination narratives. A NASK report, ...
Which among war, weather and cyber attacks is the biggest world threat? None of the above. It’s misinformation, and here’s why.
The UN and the World Economic Forum have identified misinformation and disinformation as top global risks—ranking them as higher short-term ...
Viewpoint: Long-contained diseases are on the rise in the U.S. Are Trump cuts to blame?
As beachgoers flock to water during the busy July Fourth weekend, danger could be lurking in some areas. Researchers this ...
AI being mobilized to target misinformation about vaccines–on AI
Artificial intelligence doesn’t have a great reputation for veracity. Social media abounds with AI-generated concoctions, from cute images of fake ...
Viewpoint: SCOTUS strikes a blow against junk science in Bayer glyphosate case. Will it deter mass tort litigators?
Mass tort litigation grows like weeds. Last week, the Supreme Court created the ultimate lawsuit-killer by rejecting state court claims ...
Do cold plunges and contrast therapy work?
Images of people jumping from icy plunge baths after a period in saunas or hot tubs are heating up social ...
2,300 endangered species: Controversial de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences joins U.S. effort to preserve their DNA
The Trump administration and a company that is promising to bring long-gone animals back from extinction announced a partnership on ...
Signal or noise? Study links GLP-1 drugs to slowing the aging process
A theory that GLP-1 medications like Ozempic or Zepbound might help people live longer has been bandied about by biohackers ...
Viewpoint: Europe clears the way for gene-edited crops — but fear-driven restrictions still slow their full potential
On 17 June 2026, the European Parliament adopted new rules on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (NGTs), including the ...
Viewpoint: Trump poised to politicize all U.S.-supported science research
I recall the precise moment I realized U.S. science was in for a very rough time. My wife and I ...
Viewpoint: Oxygen chambers? Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy? The only thing biohacking improves is the bottom line of preventative medicine hucksters
... [A]longside valuable services such as physiotherapy, dietitian support and exercise programs, increasingly trendy interventions pop up: IV vitamin infusions, ...
