fake science

Can science inform the abortion debate? Are you more likely to die from heat or cold? Could it be that part of our institutional problem is bullshit jobs? Ten things wrong about science reporting – I tried to avoid them all, not always successfully
No, denial is not the name of a river in Egypt. It has, and still is, alive and well in many of our most contentious political and scientific concerns. But in order to combat denial, one must be aware of what’s in the denialist’s toolbox. Here are the hammers, screwdrivers, and saws used to construct the denialist platform.
While Facebook has drawn massive criticism over manipulative political ads, the social media giant also runs advertisements around vaccinations, which is another divisive policy topic. A new study gives us a glimpse of the ads' content, targets and purchasers.