Experts are clear about how seedless watermelons are produced, but some disagreement arises when considering how to categorize the genetic mules. Is a seedless watermelon a?GMO, a hybrid, or something else altogether? There?is some?disagreement on...
Oh, these sea bunnies are just too cute, and the people in Japan are going nuts over them. I notice that Japanese crazes tend to jump over the Pacific and take up residence here in...
According to MLive.com, the CDC has now found the first genetic link to the Legionnaires' outbreak and the Flint, MI water system. Far from a cause of celebration, however, the discovery leads to thorny questions about...
Currently, one in five species on Earth faces extinction. According to the Biological Extinction Conference held at the Vatican last week, that percentage will rise to 50% by the end of the century unless we take immediate urgent action...
Earlier this summer, creationist Ken Ham opened the massive waste of lumber known as the Ark Encounter.
The Ken Ham creation located in Williamstown, Kentucky, claims to be a life sized re-creation of Noah's ark from...
When BuzzFeed journalist Matt Stopera went to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY for the Bill Nye?Ken Ham debate, he learned a lot of really crazy stuff that creationists make up about creationism and evolution....
From Wikipedia:
Neil deGrasse Tyson born October 5, 1958) is an Americanastrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetariumat theRose Center for Earth and Space and a...
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Barack Obama said he believes marijuana use should be treated as a public health issue:
"I do believe that treating this as a public-health issue, the same way we...
The death penalty has always been a source of great debate in America, and that debate is about get more intense. According to CNN, Arkansas plans to execute eight men over the course of 10...
Norma McCorvey died of heart failure today in Katy, Texas. She was 69. Her grave will undoubtedly be marked with that humble, unassuming name – Norma. Generations from now, women will walk past her without...
Bobby Azarian, a neuroscientist, wrote this article for Raw Story. He was offended that we covered his excellent content and did not credit him or Raw Story. An honest mistake on our part, as we...
Conservatives hate science, especially when it refuses to confirm their biases on issues they would rather not talk about in the first place.
That dynamic was in evidence Monday evening on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show....
It appears the walls of reality are beginning to close in on climate change deniers.
Friday, the White House released the fourth National Climate Assessment, which confirms what scientists have been warning us about for decades:...
With California facing one of the worst droughts in its history, Governor Jerry Brown (D) had to declare a state of emergency back in January. Since then, the state has had to deal with multiple...
Last spring, when President Donald Trump was considering withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate accords, other nations' leaders pleaded with him to reconsider, appealing to a sense of responsibility and prudence.
He was reminded of the...
Perhaps people thought it was "fake news."
Two years ago, an article appeared in the Miami Herald about Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials being barred from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in official communications, emails,...
As the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic nears, focus is naturally on the number of infections, deaths, and hospitalizations, especially as scientists closely watch the omicron "close cousin" subvariant, BA.2.
While infection and mortality rates...
"Religious freedom."
It doesn't sound so bad, does it?
Who would be opposed to it?
In fact, the First Amendment makes it clear we have a tacit freedom of religion when its states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting...
Ken Ham, idiot creationist extraordinaire, opened a $100 million Noah's Ark attraction in Louisville, Kentucky. A group of atheists is now planning to protest at this opening.
One of the most aggravating parts is that this...
The Republican Party is at it again with repeals that could have devastating consequences for the planet. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has been on a warpath to undo the work of...
