Charting a course for science during Trump's second term
The 2024 presidential election will mark Donald Trump's historic return to the Oval Office. In the wake of this news, scientists and policy experts alike find themselves pondering the impact his second term will have on the future of science. There are challenges facing society and the world at large, from current global economic changes […]
RFK Is a ‘Threat’ to Public Safety, He ‘Doesn’t Believe in Medical Science’
Former President Biden's White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Wednesday on CNN's “The Read” that President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., believes in medicine. He said he did not. “There's a lot of fear with RFK Jr. and what he's said about vaccines and medicine, […]
Queens neighbors beg NYC to shut down suspected brothel operating across from science museum
This is not the biology lesson parents want for their children. Some angry Queens residents are demanding the city padlock an alleged brothel operating brazenly across the street from the family-friendly New York Science Museum. The spot, which operates out of Corona's family home on 111th Street, was promoted on TikTok a year ago as […]
Blue Origin’s New Shepard to take six people to space, including science show host
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket will send six more people into space, including a science show host, two returning travelers, two philanthropists and an online award winner. Emily Calandrelli, known as “Space Gal,” is scheduled to take off from Blue Origins' West Texas Spaceport this Friday aboard the New Shepard 28 mission, Blue Origins' ninth […]
Did you solve it? The knotty problem of Paddington in Peru | Science
Earlier today I gave you a puzzle about quipu, the Inca method of recording numbers with knots on a thread, practiced in Paddington, Peru. Here's the answer again. The Incas used quipus to record dates, taxes, and measurements, among other things. Knowledge of how quipus represented numbers was lost after the Spanish conquest until 1912, […]
Science magazine editor under fire after foul-mouthed rant against Trump supporters
The editor-in-chief of a once-acclaimed scientific publication has apologized after expletive-laden chaos erupted on election night, which was won by former President Donald Trump. Last Tuesday night, Laura Hellmuth, editor-in-chief of Scientific American, said: oldest continuously published magazine He left his mark on American history — reportedly unleashing a series of taunts on social media […]
How ‘the science’ is unexpectedly taking us closer to faith
From drinking wine through a mask to excluding family members by refusing to vaccinate to blaming neighbors you know, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing people around the world to take their faith to a whole new level. I pulled it up. “Science suddenly became this kind of new god, and it's probably because of that […]
Science Startup Pushes Boundaries of Ethics by Screening Embryos for Intelligence
Scientific startup Heliospect Genomics is marketing a service that allows wealthy couples to screen IVF embryos for intelligence and other traits, raising ethical concerns among experts. This service costs $50,000 to screen 100 embryos. of guardian report The US startup Heliospect Genomics is offering to help wealthy couples screen IVF embryos for intelligence using controversial […]
NCAA exec seems to plead ignorance about trans athletes on women’s teams, says she doesn’t know much of ‘the science’ yet
NCAA Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said she is not familiar with the language or science surrounding the issues and concerns surrounding transgender athletes playing on women's teams in her conference. San Jose State University has received international attention because its women's volleyball team features a 6'1'' male athlete named Blair Fleming (real name […]
‘Classic Junk Science’: New Biden-Harris Lead Pipe Rule Could Bring $90 Billion Price Tag For American Ratepayers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday finalized a rule that would require the replacement of all lead water pipes in the country, potentially costing U.S. utility payers $90 billion. of Improved lead and copper rules (LCRI)'s decision, which requires all lead pipes in drinking water systems nationwide to be removed and replaced within the […]