Category: Science and Medicine
It’s the end of the world as I know it. And I feel fine.
Pondering the future of a few infections. As to the image, consider it a metaphor of before and after where Jesus is a stand in for science or public health or whatever you want him to be. Except a promoter of peace and helping the poor. Not in 2025 anyway. See https://www.bu.edu/sequitur/2016/04/29/handler-ecce/ for more.
“Don’t Worry About the NIH” From the Same Doctors Who Brought You “Don’t Worry About COVID.”
Although many doctors who spread COVID misinformation act as if its in poor taste to bring it up today, we don't need their permission to remember.
Open Letter II: President Levin, There Are Now 160 Million Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Have Censored We Want Them Infected Doctors
$160 million is a lot of money, especially when you consider its not just money. It's lost dreams, careers, and discoveries.
Do you need to drink electrolytes?
Electrolyte drinks are very popular - but are they necessary?
Botulinum Toxin: A tale of medicine, beauty, and danger
When used responsibly botulinum toxin is very safe, but patients should be especially vigilant about cosmetic treatments done outside a medical setting.
DOGE vs. the NIH: Say goodbye to the greatest engine of biomedical research ever created
Friday, the Trump administration slashed indirect costs associated with NIH grants. What does this mean, and why could it be so disastrous for biomedical research?
I Confess My Sins: I Was Too Slow and Timid to Call Out Propaganda For What It Is.
As Lysenkoism 2.0 looms, those of us who have warning about this for years are not to blame for the problems we write about, and we have nothing to apologize for.
The Telepathy Tapes – More FC Pseudoscience
Documentaries can be powerful. They can use the mature art-form of cinema in order to convey a specific narrative. The viewer can get drawn into that narrative, unaware they are being exposed to a very one-sided or limited take on a complex topic. I recently, for example, participated in a fun review of the Earthing Movie which was basically propaganda for the...
The Trashing of Science by Robert F Kennedy Jr
If confirmed, Kennedy will keep trashing science and will continue exploiting the trashed science he helps create for his own benefit.
We are not antivaccine, we are pro unattainable vaccine
When it comes to vaccines: “If it exists we resist.”