Large Scale Perspective on the Heat
Despite the breathless coverage of scorching heat in Europe and the US, the global reality is far less dramatic – most of the planet’s population is experiencing typical or cooler conditions.
Science
Can the Bureaucracy Love Science?
“Dissent is the very essence of science” declare employees of NIH – but groupthink and replicability crises reign. Dr Bhattacharya knows first hand what happens when curiosity meets bureaucracy. Can he change that culture?
Bodies on the Altar of Science
At the very least, based on logic, rationality, and decency, we should be transparent. This should ensure truly informed consent, labeling medicines, for instance, as having been derived or not through procedures or experiments on unconsented humans.
The Mental Health Industry One Stop Shop
“Unshrunk” serves as a powerful educational text for anyone scratching their head as to why, with all the psychiatric services and medications at our fingertips, we in the West are struggling more than ever before with mental health.
What Science Can’t Decide for You
If there is scientific uncertainty, there must be political humility. And where there is a conflict between centralized knowledge and individual agency, liberty must remain the rule – not the exception.
Mental Health: What About Nutrition?
Food isn’t just fuel – it’s medicine. And in the fight for better mental health, what we eat may be our most powerful tool yet.
How the Merchants of Certainty Sold a Pseudoscience
Media and politicians have been willingly hoodwinked by pseudoscientific hucksters.
Peter Daszak’s Smokescreen Attack on Dr Bhattacharya
Science thrives on open debate, not censorship. The essence of bullies is cowardice.
