Latest fevered, right-wing conspiracy: Fox, New York Post, and kooky GOP legislators push ‘Dead Scientists’ scare

Latest fevered, right-wing conspiracy: Fox, New York Post, and kooky GOP legislators push ‘Dead Scientists’ scare

Richard Hanania | UnHerd |
Are America’s top scientists being kidnapped or disappeared by a foreign adversary? Right-wing media are abuzz with speculation that 11 ...
Viewpoint: Science denialism is not the exclusive province of the political right — it’s growing on the left, too

Viewpoint: Science denialism is not the exclusive province of the political right — it’s growing on the left, too

Tom Chivers | UnHerd |
There is, I think, a fairly well-established idea that the Left is the “side” of science and evidence, and the ...
Viewpoint: Hoping to change minds of ‘science deniers’ — from vaccine skeptics to GMOs rejectionists? Don’t use the tactics offered in this patronizing new book

Viewpoint: Hoping to change minds of ‘science deniers’ — from vaccine skeptics to GMOs rejectionists? Don’t use the tactics offered in this patronizing new book

Tom Chivers | UnHerd |
[Harvard philosopher Lee] McIntyre wants to help us change people’s minds. Specifically, to help us change the minds of these ...
Viewpoint: Spermageddon and endocrine disrupting chemicals? Shanna Swain book claiming common chemicals pose catastrophic dangers is deeply flawed

Viewpoint: Spermageddon and endocrine disrupting chemicals? Shanna Swain book claiming common chemicals pose catastrophic dangers is deeply flawed

Tom Chivers | UnHerd |
In 2017, [epidemiologist Shanna] Swan, along with other scientists, published a meta-analysis, an aggregation of existing research. It said that ...