To determine the effectiveness of what has become one of the most invasive airport security systems in the world, the TSA sent 70 undercover agents with weapons to airports across the USA. Shocking, 67 out of 70 agents managed to get through customs without
Allergies are frequently misunderstood, and that’s saying a lot since science doesn’t even fully understand them. But, what we do understand allows us to expose quackery and help steer our ship or knowledge towards the right answer. We’ll start with an interesting correlation: children
Since the beginning of June, every student in the city of Baltimore, regardless of income level, is being offered a free breakfast and lunch every school day under a federal program that allows school districts to eliminate a decades-old meal-subsidy structure for students in
When I was younger, I used to think the Seralini study had something worth saying. The fact that he didn’t actually release the raw data at the beginning seemed unimportant, and I saw reason to at least consider what he found. After reading more
Many of us like the idea of money from the richest people in the world being divided in a fairer way to help the poor. This was largely the basis of the Occupy movements worldwide, but there wasn’t much focus on the “third world”. Although
The common perception about drug addiction, or about the cause of addiction in general, is that people get addicted to drugs because the drugs are addictive and trick their body into thinking it needs them. This may, or may not, be supplemented with a
I was recently discussing birth control with friends of mine, about the various costs and advantages of each system. We discussed condoms, emphasizing their relative safety in use (for preventing both pregnancy and disease). We also discussed “the pill,” which the Germans call “the
This isn’t simply a theoretical question: That’s exactly what this group of pranksters did in the Netherlands. Although the video isn’t in English, you can see from the tone (also, know that lecker is delicious) that the people thought that the McDonalds food was great, and
Since the “financial repression,” the most powerful people have only gotten more powerful. A 2013 Oxfam report found that 80 people had as much wealth as 1/2 of humanity, and a few months later Forbes said the number had dropped to 67. Many of
1. “The basis of sexual relationships are respect, equality and a respect for each other’s needs and boundaries.” I am sure that most of the readers of this entry will agree with this statement. So far so good. But how can it be explained
