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Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›
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“What Is a Scientist?” A Fine Review for Forrest Mims

"A critique of scientific elitism, and a guidebook for anyone who wants to pursue real science — regardless of credentials." Read More ›
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Replace Psychiatrists with AI?

"A Belgian man, after weeks of dialogues with his chatbot 'confidante,' committed suicide after it encouraged him to sacrifice himself for climate change." Read More ›
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Francis Collins Employs Climate Change as a Cudgel

Collins identifies as a Christian, but he seems to have missed a glaring instance of design in the Earth system. Read More ›
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Forrest Mims on Winning the Rolex Award (And How You Can Too!)

By the early 1990s, Mims had built a reputation as one of America’s foremost citizen scientists. Read More ›
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Photo: Weeds, by Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›
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For Suicide, Disguised “Public Health” Policies Aren’t the Solution

The authors even suggest regulations controlling the manufacture of ceiling fans because some people have used the mechanisms to hang themselves. Read More ›
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Covering for Darwin, Science Reporter Massages a Study

Genetically, the model organism for studying evolution was just one water flea after another. Read More ›
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Photo: Snæfellsjökull, by Axel Kristinsson from Reykjavík, Iceland, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Icelanders Nominated a Glacier for President to Push “Nature Rights” Movement

Here is a story on “nature rights” activism that, on first impression, leaves one bemused. Read More ›

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