ethics

Join host Cameron English, Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Barbara Billauer as they break down these stories on Episode 56 of the Science Dispatch podcast:        

A few weeks ago, our Board of Scientific Advisor Susan Goldhaber wrote about a better way to determine the toxicity of compounds than using animal studies. A scient

A chimera refers to a single organism with cells from different individuals, meaning 

"Clinical trial" is just a nice-sounding term for "human experiment." We don't like to use that term because it carries a lot of baggage, like the torturous and murderous "experiments" conducted by Nazi doctor Josef Mengele.

Despite popular belief, there has been news and stories on issues other than Covid-19 and the market. If for no other reason, here are momentary distractions for that ill-defined discomfort you are experiencing.   

I wrote an article several months ago about a controversial study suggesting that red meat wasn’t all that bad. You can find it here.

There is always talk of the “life-work” balance which assumes that these are, in fact, separate activities. That assumption is also in play when we look at our behavior in those two settings.

There is a stinking, pathetic double standard at the heart of scientific publishing, as well as science communication in general:

The Gray Lady has gotten raunchy in her old age.

Dr. Oz is a fraud who ought to be fired from Columbia University and have his medical license revoked. Instead, he'll be headed to the White House.