When confronted with the truth, a prominent science journalist claimed that facts don't matter in op-eds. Science journalism is dead.
It would almost be hilarious if it weren't so scary. The CDC warned of the possibility that raw milk from the Udder dairy might be contaminated with Brucella bacteria. These bugs can cause miscarriage in pregnant women and illness in everyone. And all this for the unproven and unlikely benefits of raw milk!
Clostridium difficile infections are terrible, because they are both debilitating and very costly. But researchers are now considering the use of an unexpected tool that might prevent these infections.
Why bother reading or reporting the original article when the story elements are laid out in front of you?
A convicted war criminal, appealing his conviction in a courtroom in The Hague, stood up, proclaimed his innocence and swallowed some unknown liquid which killed him soon after. There's no information about what the poison was, or even what his symptoms were. Here's our guess about what went down.
As a result of using fertilizer to increase production, cranberry farmers in southeastern Massachusetts ended up with too much phosphorus in water run-off that created potentially-harmful algae growth downstream. Observing this, a researcher from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came up with a sensible and straightforward solution.
The people at the FDA probably never thought that they would have to officially state that DIY gene editing should not be done. But, they were wrong. People have not only started making HIV gene therapies in their living rooms, but, when they start injecting themselves on FB live, the FDA had to step in.
A website that's purportedly focused on rigorous science journalism has published a conspiratorial anti-glyphosate rant, written by an environmental activist with no relevant academic credentials.
Bravo and Andy Cohen have a wonderful opportunity to start an overdue conversation on misuse of medications and the dangers of polypharmacy.
A new computer algorithm may reduce the radiation we receive from medical imaging by a lot. But should we worry about the harmful effects of radiation we receive during medical testing?
