Harpocrates Speaks

One of the greatest refuges of those opposed to sound science and science-based policy is the legislature. After all, if you have no scienti...

Poor, poor Mark Geier. For those who don't know, Dr. Mark Geier is half of the father-son team that developed the "Lupron Protocol...

A recent post by Phil Plait reminded my of something I came across a while back. I had intended to blog about it earlier, but I needed to m...

On November 17, 2004, an episode of the Montel Williams Show aired, featuring self-proclaimed "psychic" Sylvia Browne and Louwana ...

There are a lot of studies on vaccines and autism. The majority (read: the ones that are well-designed to minimize the influence of biases a...

This past Monday, I shared my recap and some thoughts on day 1 (April 6) of the 2013 Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism , or NE...

Over the weekend of April 6-7, I attended the fifth annual Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS). Organized by the New Yor...

Whenever I hear someone say that vaccine-preventable diseases are harmless or that they are just a right of passage for children, I can'...

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you probably know that on April 15, 2013 there were two explosions near the finish line of the ...

Science and health reporting in the U.S. can be a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes, reports on these topics are level-headed, presenting accura...