“Polly Ph.D. sounds like a hired gun from industry.” That’s what asking for more objectivity and accuracy gets you. That’s what I got for questioning media coverage of BPA limited to only one viewpoint – that our chemical of the moment, bisphenol-a, is a dangerous toxin that should be banned …
Can science tackle the rampant misinformation on the internet? Yes according to Lawrence Krauss who laments the onslaught of bad information in our new media world in the December issue of Scientific America. Krauss, a theoretical physicist, affirms the value of science, rather, the scientific process (i.e. testing hypotheses in a systematic and rational way) in putting to rest fallacious theories (War Is …
On the heels of our nation’s birthday let’s talk about America, more importantly, America’s ambivalent relationship with science. Here at Momma Data it’s no secret that I find fault with information parents get and dish out about their children. Supposedly scientific information. I blame journalists, scientists, the American Academy of …
It’s hard being a parent some days. Especially for those of us who value the scientific process…. Newsweek science writer Mary Carmichael, a soon-to-be mother, reports there is “no such thing as evidence-based parenting” in the Health Matters column in the latest Newsweek magazine – “Dare I Trust My Intuition?”. …
Kudos to Alison Singer, the executive vice president of communications and awareness at Autism Speaks, who publicly declared vaccines do not cause autism. The weight of solid scientific evidence finally convinced Singer, a mother of an 11-year daughter with autism, who had to resign from the autism organization that’s still …