Harpocrates Speaks

Things have certainly been progressing quickly in wooville, specifically in the anti-vaccine neighborhood. Earlier this month, anti-vaccine ...

Unlike Kitty, the anti- vaxxers don't learn. Last night, in a stunning display of groupthink, a whole bunch (gaggle? swarm? what...

I've written before about how the anti-vaccine movement regularly gets the science wrong (see, for example, here and here ). Most often...

This seems to be the week for lazy journalists falling for the false balance that is the epitome of sloppy reporting. I had originally plann...

Over a dozen current and former students in the Carlsbad High School broadcast journalism program have found themselves in the middle of a l...

If there's one thing that never seems to change, it's that anti-vaccine types just do not understand science . They love to pick and...

There's been a bit of a to-do recently in the skeptical community. Usually when something like that occurs, it has to do with women'...

It's National Immunization Awareness Month ! I didn't have time to write up a big, long post, so instead, I thought I would share th...

The intersection of science and politics is a very murky area. While science can and should inform policy and legislation, those who try to ...

Massachusetts State House Source: Fcb981/Wikipedia When someone receives a diagnosis of autism or a related disorder, it profoundly imp...