Everyone has heard of the politicization of science, where science results are framed and manipulated for political gain, but increasingly more common is the scientization of politics, where political and cultural world views are rationalized with a science - and sometimes pseudoscience - basis to gain legitimacy. read...
read moreThe deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada due to 'white nose syndrome' over the last few years has been linked to a fungus that came from Europe, scientists have reported.In North America, more than 5.7 million bats have died since 2006 when white nose syndrome was first detected in a cave in upstate New York. The disease does not pose a threat to humans but people can carry...
read moreThe Canadian military, those legends of World War II, don't get a lot of respect these days - namely from the Canadian government.But they can still kill stuff. Unfortunately, the only time it makes the news is when they might have killed a whale during training exercises. There's no proof, of course, but when it comes to criticizing the military, Canadian news does not need proof; the...
read moreDuring the educational reform efforts of the No Child Left Behind Act, females achieved parity with males on math tests for the first time in history, yet stereotypes die hard. Some people think females are just not as good at math. Is there truth to it? read...
read moreWhat happens when genomics and synthetic biology labs get together? Anti-science people flip out. Because, you know, anti-science hippies think scientists are inhuman crazies without families who only care about breaking the laws of nature (maniacal laugh). read...
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