Studies linking genetically modified crops with adverse effects on the environment or animal health are based on “contested science”, according to a report by the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which was supported by Anne Glover, the EU’s chief scientific advisor. The report
Hundreds of millions of people consume supplements, and some experts in related (like the late Linus Pauling) and completely unrelated (like Ray Kurzweil) subjects proclaim their love and support of dietary supplements. Despite this, in many cases supplements cannot deliver as well as natural sources,
Life changes, sometimes a lot and sometimes very fast. It feels like change keeps happening ever faster in today’s technical civilization. Some of these changes can be characterized as good, but others… 1. How many different devices we need 2. The world of
Who doesn’t dream of living with nature, supporting yourself and living off the land? It feels like almost everybody wishes for it, but almost no one has the time to seriously research what alternatives are really viable. I am going to start with a few
This isn’t a set-up, the answers are not scripted. A non-partisan student organization went around Texas Tech asking completely basic political questions to students. The questions were “who won the civil war,” “who is the vice president,” and “who did we win our independence from?”
John Oliver goes into detail about the corrupt and underhanded dealings of big tobacco, namely Philip Morris. Most widely known through their namebrand Marlboro, they also control over a dozen over smaller brands with 7 out of the top 15 international brands. Their efforts
Human experiments have been around since there were scientists, although not every human experiment was actually carried out by scientists. Whereas today we have ethics commissions which decide whether or not you can do medical research on monkeys and even rats, this is a relatively
The PEW research center conducted a survey of policy and opinion positions, asking questions to both members of the public at large and from the scientific community. How well do your views match with those of scientists? And if your views differ greatly in
A lot of us saw the older version of this, which had nations swelling to represent their population. Now, the newest version using the newest data, uses pixels to make the data more uniform and understandable. The Unites States and Russia don’t look so
