The biggest feel-good fallacy perpetuated by some in science media today is that "the right", whoever they are, is anti-science, while "the left", whoever they are, is pro-science. It's exactly the opposite. The right historically has been more pro-science than anyone since World War II, they just recently adopted more positions labeled anti-science as science academia skewed left. 40...
read moreRobert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. As frequently happens in modern times, they are not chemists. Lefkowitz is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina while Kobilka is a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. They received their award...
read moreHow can you tell the American recession is still worrisome, despite government worker unemployment only being 4.3%? Beer sales have fallen again. You'd think beer sales would go up in a bad economy, like it does historically, right? Cheap entertainment and all that. No, that only happens for a short while, and by now things have been so persistently bad people are buying a...
read moreAre you a probiotic manufacturer who has become annoyed you are not allowed to market microbes that can help cultivate “intestinal flora” for consumers? Did the European Food Safety Authority tell you to stop claiming your magic potion reduces the chances of people developing diarrhea or respiratory tract infections? Did the U.S.A. force you to stop advertising that Activia yogurt and...
read moreSometimes when I add a cool link, I want to make it funnier, or more prescient. Sometimes the weird vibe of a writer straining for edgy legitimacy just stands on its own. So, Science 2.0 audience, I present to you a sample of a site you may never need to bother with again, OpEdNews - because even its name is in conflict with itself and insecure, kind of like calling a site Belt And...
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