Is a Future-Proof Science Possible?
The latest in KLG’s arc of posts on the theory and practice of science in the so-called modern world.
Read more...The latest in KLG’s arc of posts on the theory and practice of science in the so-called modern world.
Read more...In her new book, astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger explores how scientists might find life on other worlds.
Read more...Industrial policy, despite recent lip service, is out of favor because doing ambitious things isn’t lucrative enough for the right people.
Read more...The timing of the Gulf Stream slowdown looks to be arriving ahead of its earlier schedule.
Read more...Why medical research is hard, and often path-dependent, which may not always be a good thing.
Read more...Taking stock of the state of science’s replication crisis on the 20 year anniversary of JPA Ioannidis’ seminal article.
Read more...Health industry employee objections have forced the CDC to rethink its weak guidance on aerosol transmission, but experts are not optimistic.
Read more...The scientific, health, and political debate over the true cost of ultra–processed has just gone mainstream….which is late.
Read more...An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to prosper—and avoid the biggest mistakes.
Read more...The Silicon Valley citadel of capitalism is built on eugenics, bombs, and hatred of the working class, and it’s destroying the world.
Read more...Lambert describes how the CDC destructively washes its hands of Covid as IM Doc chronicles how it is relentlessly continuing to harm patients.
Read more...Scientists say the resource is crucial for understanding what agricultural chemicals are doing to human health and the environment.
Read more...KLG looks at how science has lost stature, and how that affects scientists and the current practice of science.
Read more...Pandemic-era have often pitted evidence-based medicine proponents against supporters of more traditional analytical methods.
Read more...The US continues to embrace rolling back progress as Florida greenlights measles by letting infected kids go to school.
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