Category Archives: Science and the scientific method

Global Biodiversity Panel Warns Humans’ Introduction of Invasive Species Threatens Nature, Food Security

With major drivers of change set to worsen. increases of invasive alien species and their negative impacts are likely to intensify.

Extended Vaccination Boosters Against the RBD of Spike Protein and the Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2

A carefully done study, admittedly on mice, suggests that more Covid vaccinne boosting is counterproductive in immune repsone terms.

As Offshore Wind Ramps Up, Scientists Flag Potential Impacts

Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine ecosystems?

CDC’s HICPAC to Gut Hospital Masking Protection for Patients Based on Shoddy “Evidence Review” (and in Further Violation of FACA)

A searching examination of HICPAC’s anti-mask “Evidence Review.” Grab a cup of coffee!

Scientism as a Non-Solution to a Problem that Should Not Exist vs. Science as a Solution to a Problem that Must Be Fixed

KLG continues his investigation of scientism by looking at two canard-infested areas: plastic recycling and industial food production.

Science Versus Scientism in Real Life: Where Do We Go from Here?

An engaging discussion of science-adjacent scintism, including Theranos. glysophate, Golden Rice, and rewilding.

When Greenland Was Green: Ancient Soil From Beneath a Mile of Ice Offers Warnings for the Future

Scientists unlock findings about the past and the future using frozen soil extracted during the Cold War from beneath a nearly mile-thick section of the Greenland ice sheet.

Promising Assisted Reproductive Technologies Come With Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges – A Developmental Biologist and a Bioethicist Discuss IVF, Abortion and the Mice With Two Dads

New assisted reproductive technologies are creating ethical dilemmas.

Industrialism Is Bad for Our Health: The Series Continues

New studies shed more unflattering light on the impact of modern diets on health.

Deadly Fungus Infections Rising Even as Doctors Keep Missing Them

Why you need to push your doctor hard to include fungus infection as a possible diagnosis for mystery ailments.

Artificial Intelligence and Your Health – Thoughts on Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life

Virtual You is (supposedly) coming! Should you embrace it or run the other way?

Science-Based Medicine: Sometimes “n = 1” Is Enough

An example of how, in science, pursuing the exceptions can prove more insight than following what seems to be a settled theory.

Where the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Went Wrong

The three of us have studied forest fungi for our whole careers, and even we were surprised by some of the more extraordinary claims surfacing in the media about the wood-wide web. Thinking

Our Disappearing Shoreline

A brief look at the process of shoreline erosion.