Since its modern conception and ignition well over a decade ago, social media has revolutionized the way people receive and share information. Platforms such as Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter are among... Read More

This past Thursday I attended a panel at the Center for American Progress titled Silencing Science. The panel featured notable scientists, professors, and former government officials, including former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, an MIT-trained physicist... Read More

Sudan, the last male northern white rhinoceros on the planet, is gone. He died at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya last week due to complications associated with a severe leg infection. He was forty-five-years... Read More

Since the 2013 documentary Blackfish, about Seaworld and the controversy over an orca it held, many of us are familiar with the ethics of keeping cetaceans in captivity. The public outrage inspired by the documentary... Read More

The other day I happened to watch a video of the Young Earth creationist Ken Hovind asserting that there is no known way the universe can generate uranium. Of course, he rushes through a litany... Read More

A recent report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that this country saw a record number of cases of sexually transmitted disease (STDs) in 2016: more than two million new cases of gonorrhea,... Read More

Last week climate scientist Peter Gleick reported that the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Science Explorer—a taxpayer-funded online database for the public to browse USGS science programs and activities—had lost 5,516 formerly searchable climate science... Read More