Ben Carson Defends Obama But Not Evolution
WASHINGTON — Dr. Ben Carson defended President Barack Obama Sunday against criticism that he was too inexperienced to be president. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Carson went on to…
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Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for a Doubtful Climate Scientist
For years, politicians wanting to block legislation on climate change have bolstered their arguments by pointing to the work of a handful of scientists who claim that greenhouse gases pose…
In Climate Change, What’s in a Name?
Justin Gillis BY DEGREES The words are hurled around like epithets. People who reject the findings of climate science are dismissed as “deniers” and “disinformers.” Those who accept the science…
Liberals And Conservatives Are Both Biased Against Science, But In Different Ways
We usually think of political conservatives as the anti-science contingent, owing to their factions who deny, among other scientifically-verifiable facts, climate change and evolution. That may not be quite fair,…
The Hidden Ways Manipulated Science Harms Our Health, From Measles To Organics
The current outbreak of measles, the largest since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. more than a decade ago, was made possible in large part by a single…
Meet Rudy, The Dog Who Is Being Raised With Science
Rudy the staghound gets to enjoy a lot of the things that many pets do: trips to the beach, playtime at the dog park, napping on the couch. But Rudy’s…
6 Simple Steps To Uncovering The Upside Of Stress
By now it’s clear that stress can harm our health in a multitude of ways, and new scientific research reinforcing its negative effects seems to debut weekly. But something we…
Carl Djerassi Dies at 91; Forever Altered Reproductive Practices as a Creator of the Pill
Carl Djerassi, an eminent chemist who 63 years ago synthesized a hormone that changed the world by creating the key ingredient for the oral contraceptive known as “the pill,” died…
In Major Shift, Obama Administration Will Plan For Rising Seas In All Federal Projects
President Obama will issue an executive order Friday directing federal agencies–as well as state and local governments drawing on federal funds–to adopt stricter building and siting standards to reflect scientific…
HUFFPOLLSTER: Scientists’ Opinions Are Very Different From Most Americans’
Pew Research finds the public at odds with science on a list of key issues. Desire for a decrease in immigration is lower than it was during the Bush years….
Charles H. Townes, Physicist Who Helped Develop Lasers, Dies at 99
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure time precisely, survey…
Leisure is the new productivity
While working on “The Last Supper,” Leonardo da Vinci regularly took off from painting for several hours at a time and seemed to be daydreaming aimlessly. Urged by his patron,…