Science Literacy Project Daily Digest
Is there a way to stop climate disinformation? Spain has a plan
Propagandists flood our feeds with climate denial, conspiracy theories, and outrage to divide the public, inflame geopolitical tensions and destroy trust in ...
Trump-MAHA coalition near a breaking point?
Donald Trump issued an executive order [on February 18, 2026] to boost production of glyphosate, a widely used pesticide that’s ...
Tuskegee redux: RFK, Jr.’s unapproved, unethical vaccine experiment in Guinea-Bissau
[T]he grant request, marked as unsolicited, proposed a randomized controlled trial in the impoverished West African nation of Guinea-Bissau. The ...
AI-generated images are becoming a tool of government disinformation—even in the United States
Levy Armstrong’s arrest came less than two weeks after the killing of Renée Good in the snowy streets of south ...
Operation Stork Speed: RFK, Jr. targets baby formulas
When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. summoned infant-formula executives to Washington last spring, he arrived with ...
Vaccines turbocharge cancer? Misinformation meme explodes online
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, claims that vaccines can cause severe disease have been widespread on social media, ...
BBC reporter’s guide on how to hack AI to spread disinformation
A growing number of people have figured out a trick to make AI tools tell you almost whatever they want ...
Viewpoint—First year scorecard: ‘The damage HHS secretary Kennedy has done to science and public health is appalling’
It is beyond comprehension that the Senate confirmed [Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.] to oversee America’s health. The risks are so ...
Tens of millions of people rely on TikTok to understand ADHD, and that’s not good
A team led by researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada found that of the top 100 ...
‘We were lied to’: Will Trump’s order to increase the domestic supply of the weedkiller glyphosate split MAHA?
[T]he executive order Mr. Trump issued February 17 to increase domestic production of glyphosate — a widely used weedkiller and ...
Are you hardwired to have an affair?
As an evolutionary biologist who studies sex and relationships, I’m fascinated by these two truths. We humans make romantic commitments ...
Deepfakes raise profound ethical questions in science
Much of the public concern around deepfakes has focused on abuse, particularly non-consensual intimate imagery, political misinformation, and the erosion ...
Gene-edited foods are advancing fast—but commercialization and consumer acceptance lag
[A]s gene editing matures, another reality has come into focus. The science accelerates. Commercialization does not. That tension surfaced during ...
9 top RFK, Jr. science controversies
From sweeping changes to vaccination protocols to scientifically dubious assertions about a host of childhood maladies, here are some of ...
Using scare tactics to challenge bogus cures makes people trust false remedies even more
Researchers at Tianjin Normal University ran two experiments with 180 people total (54 undergraduates in the first study, then 126 ...
To challenge the vaccine infodemic, World Health Organization targets social media science
Carlos Mendez (São Paulo, Brazil) watched his father die from COVID-19 in April 2020, gasping for breath in their cramped ...
GM mushrooms taste like meat but use 70% less land than livestock
Imagine picking up something that looks and chews like chicken, only it never clucked, never set foot on a farm, ...
Bayer agrees to pay $7.2 billion to settle thousands of Roundup suits, bringing total payout to more than $18 billion
Bayer, the German bio-tech giant, has proposed paying $7.25bn ... to definitively resolve a legal battle in the US over ...
Pesticides in the crosshairs as MAHA goes head to head with Republican establishment
Republicans are using the farm bill to take another swing at passing legislation to protect pesticides, something sure to anger ...
‘A chill through the entire vaccine industry’: RFK., Jr.’s flip-flop on Moderna’s mRNA vaccine latest setback
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was picked in November 2024 to become the next health secretary, public health experts worried ...
AI regularly passes on misinformation because it relies more on the source than the science
Artificial intelligence tools are more likely to provide incorrect medical advice when the misinformation comes from what the software considers ...
Vaccine rejectionist Jenny McCarthy ridiculed online after again spreading false claim that Tylenol causes autism
Anti-vaccine advocate Jenny McCarthy has sparked backlash on social media after she shared a video discussing the unproven "correlation" between Tylenol's active ...
As science misinformation soars, communicators ponder how to regain public trust
... Technology Networks asked an array of experts the same question: “In an era of rapid information flow and rising misinformation, ...
Viewpoint—Flooding the legal zone: RFK Jr.’s not-so-secret plan to bankrupt vaccine manufacturers
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly assured Congress and Americans that he would not “take vaccines away from anybody.” While ...
Manosphere social media influencers promote dangerous testosterone regimens
Young men are being encouraged to undergo testosterone testing and start hormone therapy through Instagram and TikTok content that promotes ...
Anti-birth control activists promote useless apps and misinformation claiming to ‘naturally’ curtail pregnancy
Cycle Tracking has become a trend on social media among the wellness community. Online influencers create content centered on syncing ...
‘Not backed by evidence’: RFK, Jr. wrongly claims that keto diet can cure schizophrenia
... Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s claim that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet may cure certain psychiatric conditions is misleading and not ...
