In Part 1, I discussed: (1) my concerns about health fairs; (2) my vision for the Health Street Smarts Fair (HSSF) assignment; (3) some of my favorite...
02/18/2024
Britney Spears said in an Instagram audio story yesterday that she now considers herself an atheist. Her explanation, however, feeds right into flawed stereotypes Christians...
02/16/2024
Does Prince Charles know what he is talking about? Published Tuesday 23 March 2021 I am currently working on a project that involves studying a lot of what our heir to the...
02/04/2024
The ‘moral and intellectual decay’ of COVID disinformants Published Tuesday 25 January 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the son of assassinated Senator Robert. F. Kennedy, and the...
02/03/2024
Science in Society| January 12 2022 The Struggle against Cancer Misinformation 0000-0003-3140-3278 David Robert Grimes * School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University,...
01/29/2024
Diversity in education not only benefits individual students but also society at large, many studies have shown. However, nearly 70 years after the Supreme Court ruled that...
01/21/2024
View this email in your browser We are pleased to introduce some of our 2022 secular student activist scholarship recipients. Twice as many students applied this year and we...
09/06/2023
The ultimate proof of homeopathy’s effectiveness? Published Tuesday 06 November 2012 Since it was first published, the “ Swiss government report ” on homeopathy has...
09/06/2023
Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors. Copy link While teaching geography at a college...
08/21/2023
The spread of health-related misinformation and fake science news is not a trivial matter. When it comes to health, lives can be at stake. Indeed, in a previous article, I...
08/09/2023
If my recent work as a health and wellness skeptic could be distilled into a single message, it would be this: Marketing companies understand our biases better than we do. In a...
07/07/2023
An opinion piece published in Archives of Disease in Childhood looks at the effects of smart voice control devices on children. Dr Amy Orben, Programme Leader Track Scientist,...
07/07/2023