by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 19, 2019 | Agriculture, GMOs, Science
Yes, You Are Definitely Ingesting Pesticides. Here’s Why It’s Not A Problem If food is sprayed a lot, is that bad for your digestive health? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 5, 2019 | Climate Change & Global Warming, Global Warming Denial, Science Denial
Inside a Climate Denial Conference at a Trump Hotel I entered Trump International Hotel in Washington last Thursday with a three-person team to cover the Heartland Institute’s 13th International Conference on Climate Change. I left with two. Despite the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 2, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Global Warming Denial, Science Denial
Yes, it’s worth arguing with science deniers – and here are some techniques you can use The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 22, 2019 | Science
A really good level headed scientific look at wildlife in and around the exclusion zone at Chernobyl. Meet the extreme new wildlife of Chernobyl Chernobyl is the site of the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history. The explosion, subsequent fire, and radiation...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 17, 2019 | Climate Change & Global Warming, Global Warming Denial, Science Denial
Theory, Hypothesis, And Law – Debunking A Climate Change Contrarian Tactic According to CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller, “Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting yesterday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (a gigaton is equal to...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 10, 2019 | Energy, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism
Why HBO’s “Chernobyl” Gets Nuclear So Wrong Since the start of HBO’s mini-series about the 1986 nuclear disaster, “Chernobyl,” journalists have praised the series for getting the facts of the event right, even if its creators took...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 7, 2019 | Critical Thinking, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism
This is a great, really great article! We’ve Lost Sight Of The Most Important Rule In Debating Science It was almost 100 years ago that the most famous debate in science history took place. The topic up for consideration was the nature of the spiral objects in...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 2, 2019 | Agriculture, GMOs, Pseudoscience, Science
Sadly science lost some ground here to some anti-science special interests on this one. Safe Or Scary? The Shifting Reputation Of Glyphosate, AKA Roundup John Draper and I are sitting in the cab of a tractor on the research farm he manages for the University of...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 21, 2019 | Agriculture, Critical Thinking, GMOs, Science
Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research ‘shows’ that – but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims? Now that three juries have said Bayer’s weed killer Roundup (glyphosate) causes cancer, many people believe...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 13, 2019 | Agriculture, Critical Thinking, GMOs, Science
Courts don’t determine scientific facts Most people have probably seen the recent news that Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289 million following the ruling by a California jury that Monsanto’s glyphosate (a.k.a. Roundup) is dangerous and likely...
