Anyone who thinks science is pure and incorruptible has clearly never studied the history of science. From Phrenology to Lysenkoism, Glacial Cosmology to Cold Fusion, science is littered with frauds and vicious ideologues. Certainly, the self-correcting nature of science means that they get weeded out – eventually – but the fact remains
Sarah Parshall Perry Sarah Parshall Perry is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com Susan Shaw, a women’s and gender studies professor at Oregon State, penned a
For all their blatherskite about “following the science!” the left are all-too-ready to throw science under the knee of Lysenko-like thugs, the instant scientific evidence points to a conclusion they don’t like. We saw this all too clearly during the pandemic. As scholar Wilfred Reilly elaborates in his book,
Would New Zealanders have been better off praying, rather than vaccinating, during Covid? Some recent studies might separately suggest so. Firstly, two Cambridge-led studies found that religious people coped with the pandemic — or, more correctly, with the draconian lockdown policies governments imposed in response better than secular people. Cambridge University-led
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com In recent times, there has been a
Well, you’ve got to hand it to Japan’s space agency, they know how to put a positive spin on things. Japan joined the latter-day Moon race by landing its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), nearly a fortnight ago. As the Japan Times reported, the lander touched down
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Look at the crest below for Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, a girl’s school in Auckland. Note the name, study the crest, and come back to it after the account that follows. Sometimes, it seems like New Zealanders are
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Once again, we have reasons to be concerned about the integrity of New Zealand research. The series of events around the New Zealand Covid vaccine adverse events study have once again highlighted the lengths to which those who wish to deceive
Leigh Riby Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Psychology Northumbria University, Newcastle When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his
Christian B. Miller Wake Forest University Prominent cases of purported lying continue to dominate the news cycle. Hunter Biden was charged with lying on a government form while purchasing a handgun. Republican Representative George Santos allegedly lied in many ways, including to donors through a third party in order to
Transcriber B Transcribing missed information for the historical record since 2021. transcriberb.substack.com The Myth of the Asymptomatic Spreader Pam Popper, posted September 22, 2023 https://rumble.com/v3ja12a-the-myth-of-the-asymptomatic-spreader.html !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]
Libby Damjanovic Research Fellow of Psychology Lund University Around one in five American adults manage to squeeze in watching a movie on a daily basis. It’s a great way to escape the daily grind and unwind with loved ones. But, what can you actually remember about last night’s
Hilary A. Diefenbach Speech Language Pathologist and Cognitive Rehabilitation Specialist Marcus Institute for Brain Health; Instructor University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions – the mildest form of traumatic brain injury. Yet people often do not realize
Matthew Wills Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Milner Centre for Evolution University of Bath and Marcello Ruta Senior Lecturer, Life Sciences, University of Lincoln Depending upon how you do the counting, there are around 9 million species on Earth, from the simplest single-celled organisms to humans. It’s reassuring
Randolph Grace University of Canterbury Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). But whether that future will prove utopian, apocalyptic or somewhere in between is anyone’s guess. In February, ChatGPT set the record as the fastest app to reach 100
Barry Markovsky University of South Carolina theconversation.com Is it possible for there to be ghosts? – Madelyn, age 11, Fort Lupton, Colorado Certainly, lots of people believe in ghosts – a spirit left behind after someone who was alive has died. In a 2021 poll of 1,000 American adults, 41%
