The NIH’s Latest Attempt to Incite Fear
But the reality and the science continue to prove that natural immunity is protective and durable, and this is especially true for those in good health and younger age groups.
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Gain of Function, Loss of… Everything Else
Any research activity or sponsorship of scientific endeavors that are capable of mass extinction, such as GOF, must be subjected to a higher level of accountability and scrutiny by our elected leaders.
The Vanishing Islands That Just Won’t
The NYT is almost palpably disappointed to find the Maldives are still there – and growing.
What’ll They Do When the Smokers Vanish?
How can smoking cancers “peak” half a century after smoking did?
Sitting Is the Opposite of Standing
Michelle Aitken Michelle is interested in the relationships between science, culture, and policy. She has a background in performing arts and hospitality, and is a MEAA member. Sitting Sitting is the opposite of standing Sitting is the opposite of running around Sitting is a wonderful thing to do As Particle’
A Conservation conundrum With Pest Control
Florence Sperring Research Officer, Faculty of Science, School of Biological Sciences, Clarke Lab, Monash University Rohan Clarke Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences When pest rats and mice decimate populations of native species, pest control is a no-brainer. But what if baiting rats protects threatened songbirds, while poisoning critically endangered
The Fraught Relationship Between Science and Power
Toby Rogers Toby Rogers has a PhD in political economy from the University of Sydney in Australia and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley. I would like to start a conversation on the relationship between science and power. By “science” I mean the field
When Family Connections Are Closer than You’d Like
The widespread adoption of DNA testing from genealogy websites has had some intriguing outcomes. Law enforcement have used family trees to trace down suspects in cold cases, most famously the Golden State Killer. On a more personal level, DNA tests have rattled skeletons in family closets, unearthing unexpected siblings, secret
Unlocking the Secrets of an Ancient Marvel
In 1900, sponge divers found a submerged wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. The wreck was a treasure trove, yielding bronze and marble statues, pottery, glassware, jewellery and coins. And a strange lump of corroded bronze and wood. When the finds were sent to the National Museum of Archaeology
No Justice for Unvaccinated Cops
Rebekah Barnett Rebekah Barnett is a Brownstone Institute fellow, independent journalist and advocate for Australians injured by the Covid vaccines. She holds a BA in Communications from the University of Western Australia, and writes for her Substack, Dystopian Down Under. Two years after the Covid mandates ended, the West Australian
Look Up! An Explosion Is About to Create a ‘New’ Star
Tanya Hill, Museums Victoria Research Institute and Amanda Karakas, Monash University Any night now, a “new star” or nova will appear in the night sky. While it won’t set the sky ablaze, it’s a special opportunity to see a rare event that’s usually difficult to predict in
Is It Ethical to Recommend Eating Bugs?
Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. Six years ago, the World Economic Forum reported that insects are “good grub,” citing a Meticulous Research study predicting that the global market for edible insects could grow to $1.18 billion by 2023
Under Pressure and Feeling the Chill
Down here in Tasmania, we’re used to cold winters, but this last week has been a doozy. For the first time in my 20+ years here, the pipes froze. The frost didn’t lift all day in the shade. The ice we broke off the fish pond one morning
A Perfectly Preserved Trilobite Changes the Game
It’s become drearily commonplace for an over-excited media to proclaim that every moderately interesting scientific discovery “turns science on its head”. For once, though, they’re onto something. Perhaps the most exciting development in paleontology since the Ediacara discovery in South Australia in 1946 has taken place in Morocco.
The Heroic Nurses in Horrible Hospitals
Bruce W Davidson Bruce Davidson is professor of humanities at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan. Even those who already know a lot about the recent man-made medical disaster may be shocked by the raw, firsthand accounts in this book of the horrors perpetrated at many American, British, and Canadian