Science 2.0
Viewpoint: Deception and dirty politics are behind targeting of PFAS
With allied epidemiologists placed inside the US Environmental Protection Agency, and scientists pushed to the side, environmentalists feel like they ...
Viewpoint: ‘Science does not matter in Europe’ — European Chemicals Agency says weedkiller glyphosate does not cause cancer, but it will be banned nonetheless
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Committee for Risk Assessment is unsurprisingly more literate than a San Francisco jury, so they ...
Is there a connection between eating ‘highly processed foods’ and poor mental health?
One recent effort getting new life thanks to a sympathetic ally in corporate journalism is a "link" between ultra-processed foods and mental ...
Viewpoint: Can the International Agency for Research on Cancer be trusted to dispassionately assess potential dangers of aspartame when its key evaluator claims to know the answer in advance?
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a United Nations epidemiology group headquartered in France, could be in ethical ...
How using solar panels in agriculture can increase yields and fight climate change disruptions
Farms have a lot of open land and that has made them ideal for solar power installations. For example, though ...
Sleeping pills hasten dementia? Bogus study illustrates how correlation studies are often manipulated to reach a desired, ideological conclusion
A new exploratory paper links sleeping pills to dementia but while the press release uses the term risk frequently, it ...
Viewpoint: MIT turns blind eye to misinformation on agricultural biotechnology and vaccines promoted by ‘infamous crank’ computer scientist Stephanie Seneff
How long before academics who spout anti-vaccine nonsense related to COVID-19 get a level of accountability academics who spouted anti-vaccine ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotech advocacy group opposition to forest-restoring GM chestnut tree mimics their disingenuous rejection of nutrition-enhancing GM Golden Rice
Critics of scientists and science writers who speak plainly usually note it is better to be more neutral in tone, ...
Viewpoint: ‘Organic-only policies are the new face of European colonialism’ — Here’s how crop biotechnology innovation is opening doors to Africa’s self sufficiency
Former colonies of Europe were banned from sale unless they obeyed Europe when it came to food. Yet Africa has ...
Anti-pesticide campaigners maintain that insecticide sulfoxaflor violates the Endangered Species Act. Here’s how Biden’s EPA responded
We may be our own worst critics, but America continues to lead the world in science, science literacy, and science ...
Viewpoint: Neil Young’s GMO and biotechnology rejection preceding his Joe Rogan-Spotify awakening featured alliance with notorious anti-vaxxers
Prior to 2021, the demographic that overwhelmingly included vaccine deniers was Neil Young's political tribe. Find a Whole Foods, and ...
Viewpoint: In Roundup-cancer cases, juries are often swayed by emotional arguments — but the facts are in glyphosate’s favor
A jury in San Bernardino can't believe that Donnetta Stephens’ cancer was caused because she used Roundup. In a post-COVID-19 ...
Should all phthalates be banned? Misrepresented study highlights problems with reporting on complex, evolving science
I’ve written in the past about the tendency of some researchers to compensate for weak study design or small sample ...
Does ‘intensive agriculture’ make pandemics more likely? That’s the claim. Here are the facts
Animals can cause diseases in humans. That won't surprise you. What may surprise you is to read that these diseases ...
Viewpoint: USDA data show the predicted ‘Beepocalypse’ has been postponed another year
The latest numbers on honeybee colonies have been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and they show that the ...
Once battling starvation, some developing countries now face rising obesity rates. What’s causing it?
In 1975, four percent of school-age kids were overweight and the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration says that was up to ...
Viewpoint: UK decision to rescind neonics pesticide restrictions a welcome win for science
Activists like George Monbiot and Dave Goulson are parroting their environmental allies when it comes to neonics, but the science ...
Viewpoint: GM crops could help slow climate change. Will environmental groups block their development?
A lot of environmentalists raise money talking about climate change, but their energy recommendations - mitigation, rationing, high cost - ...
Viewpoint: Plant biodiversity cuts pesticide use, but may slash crop yields needed to feed more people
Everyone recognizes that less less food means fewer pests but when you have to grow food to keep billions from ...
Viewpoint: We have a food-waste problem, but cutting meat consumption won’t solve it
Most commercial produce is bought and discarded within two days. It can't even be given to food shelters or homeless ...
Viewpoint: Vegetarian diet won’t help you slim down—only cutting calories can do that
A vegetarian diet can be healthy for you. Just like any diet. Even if you only eat salads or any ...
Viewpoint: Why the USDA should approve GMO disease-resistant chestnut trees
You may [have] heard “chestnuts on an open fire” at Christmas but they are a lot of rarer than they ...
Viewpoint: Germany’s pesticide use drops for 8th straight year, but anti-GMO groups say that’s not good enough
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture data show that use of crop protection products, e.g. pesticides, went down last ...
Viewpoint: ‘Bird apocalypse’? Study wrongly blames neonicotinoid pesticides for declining bird biodiversity
Though periodic deaths of bees continue to happen, and have been documented for as long as records of bees have ...
Preventing spread of parasites, not cutting pesticide use, key to protecting bees
For as long as beekeeping records have been kept, 1,100 years, there have been accounts of colony collapse disorder. Just ...
Why sex matters in medicine
The last time I saw Maria-Rosa, she was on a stretcher, surrounded by frantic nurses and interns who were trying, ...
Viewpoint: As COVID-19 boosts public trust in science, media promote myths about cancer and food
Thanks to COVID-19, the public has gotten a lot more skeptical about claims that chemicals, food, and medicine are corporate ...
Why we need globalization: Locally grown food could only feed 27% of the world’s population
It is true that in North America and much of Europe you can grow plenty of wheat locally, but in ...
