Science news amuses me more than the Daily Mail, the Daily Beast, Babble, Jezebel, CafeMom, Gawker and Huffington Post combined, even including HuffPo’s Love & Sex with its BDSM section (bondage, meh). Just as I was finishing typing out Love & Sex, I swear to you, the pop-up box on …
Top 2012 Parenting News: Sex During Pregnancy Deemed Safe Photo from Getty Images via Time.com What scientific studies offered the most valuable insights into children and parenting over the past year? Who knows! But here’s Time magazine’s Top New Parenting Findings from their Top Ten Everything of 2011 (54 lists, be forewarned …
I have no idea why this slurpy is sideways! What happens to crappy studies? Unless they ignite international brouhahas (e.g.. thousands of parents choosing not to vaccinate), not much according to an op-ed in the New York Times. It’s Science, But Not Necessarily Right. (Title in paper: Why Science Struggles To Correct …
Anyone with a laptop and a flip camera can engineer a fake info-virus and inject it into the body politic. Those with cable TV shows and axes to grind can concoct their own realities. The high standards and wise judgments of people like Walter Cronkite once acted as our national …
The Worst Science Writer of 2009, Nicholas Kristof, is at it again. This time blaming environmental toxins for that other sure to scare parenting topic, autism – in his New York Times column read by millions (Do Toxins Cause Autism? ). How do you scare parents silly? Mention toxins, prenatal …