Tom Chivers
Viewpoint: Science denialism is not the exclusive province of the political right — it’s growing on the left, too
There is, I think, a fairly well-established idea that the Left is the “side” of science and evidence, and the ...
Viewpoint: Hoping to change minds of ‘science deniers’ — from vaccine skeptics to GMOs rejectionists? Don’t use the tactics offered in this patronizing new book
[Harvard philosopher Lee] McIntyre wants to help us change people’s minds. Specifically, to help us change the minds of these ...
Viewpoint: Spermageddon and endocrine disrupting chemicals? Shanna Swain book claiming common chemicals pose catastrophic dangers is deeply flawed
In 2017, [epidemiologist Shanna] Swan, along with other scientists, published a meta-analysis, an aggregation of existing research. It said that ...
Microbiome remains malleable after birth
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Trillions of bacteria – ...
Do we have the answer to the origin of life?
There's a problem at the heart of biology. It is: No one knows why all complex life is so similar ...
There’s nothing wrong with looking for ‘gay genes’
The Left loves to tell the Right that it's anti-science, pointing (not without reason) to the correlation between conservative beliefs ...
Overcoming the “ick” factor key to understanding GMOs
One of the greatest obstacles to technological progress, especially but not only in areas such as food and medicine, has ...
Ethical implications of genetic screening: How far can we go?
Julian Savulescu, a professor of ethics at Oxford, has argued that we should be free to design our children's personality ...
Britain’s Green Party promotes anti-science zealotry
This is one of those agonised posts. I actually like the Green Party. My dad used to be, and may ...