Accounting for social and ideological factors in science communication can improve the quality of debates and decision-making when it comes to climate change and other hot button scientific issues.
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New Interfaith Venture Focusing on Jesus
An atheist and a pastor have launched an interfaith adventure to explore the figure of Jesus Christ.
The Problem Isn’t Disinformation, It’s Dismediation
It takes no great imagination to worry that if we distance ourselves long enough from fact-based environments, we may no longer notice they’re gone.
The Rise of Trump and the Fall of the GOP
This brilliant segment from 2012 is a trip down memory lane that helps set the context for the gathering storm wrought by Trump’s candidacy.
Chief CNN Meteorologist Reverses Position on Climate Change
Chief meteorologist Chad Myers no longer doubts anthropogenic climate change.
Communicating the Science of GMOs
If you endorse GMOs, make sure have the science straight, urges philosopher-scientist Massimo Pigliucci.
Making A Murderer: An Alternate Theory
My (very) comprehensive analysis of the Avery-Halbach case based on the evidence included and excluded from Making A Murderer.
The Single Scientist Fallacy and the Serengeti Strategy
Contrarians who pin their criticism on specific individuals rather than concepts and evidence miss the forest for the trees by presuming that discrediting the former will tear down the latter.
‘Sovereign Citizens’ and the Oregon Standoff
A Rachel Maddow segment from last year provides important context for and traces the historical threads that underlie the current standoff in Burns, Oregon.
Trump Surfaces in Islamist Recruitment Film
Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim hostility is being used for recruitment purposes by Al-Shabab, an Al-Qaeda-aligned Islamist group.
On School Shootings and School Prayer
Debunking witless memes is a thankless job, but someone’s got to do it.
No, Obama Did Not “Threaten” Christians at DNC Gala
Obama’s remarks at a recent LGBT event have ruffled the feathers of the usual suspects, who responded by stoking conservative prejudices with a cargo container of hyperbole.
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