Re-Launching January 1st

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This blog is adopting a new format. Posts will appear every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. From this point forward, no further updates will appear at this location. Thanks so much for your interest.

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Obesity, Diet Pills & Death

Whether it’s climate science or medical science, a fake crisis leads to bad decisions that harm real people.

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Suddenly Sick: The Foibles of Medical Science

Climate science and medical science have things in common. Including suspect behaviour on the part of the United Nations.  

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Steven Chu's Juvenile Score Keeping

When someone’s won a Nobel Prize, who cares how long they served in Cabinet?

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Science Funding Misinformation

A headline on a news story falsely claims that ‘9 countries outspend the US on science.’ In fact, America spends more than all nine combined.

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Bill Nye, Fake Facts & the New York Times

I’m aware of two occasions in which Bill Nye has misled the public. But the New York Times says he’s saving the rest of us from misinformation.

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Science and the Issue of Trust

Many messages emanating from the world of science are entirely bogus.

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Trump, Stalin & Fake News

Australia’s chief scientist falls for a fake news story, compares President Trump to Joseph Stalin.

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US Scientific Integrity Rules Repudiate the UN Climate Process

The US government says its a violation of scientific integrity for political officials to alter scientific findings. But political revision is a central part of how IPCC reports get produced.

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Politicizing Science at the US Dept. of Energy

Liberating scientists to talk about their research is sensible. Inciting them to criticize government policy does nothing to enhance scientific integrity.

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