Racial Science
By Stephen Watson Recent years have seen a resurgence of “racial science” (the attempt to establish races as robust biological categories) and with it the attempt to ascribe the psychological…
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The Cost of Bad Science in the Agri-Food Industry
By Sandra Dunham Bayer is set to pay out $10.9 billion to settle a class action lawsuit from thousands of Americans who claim that their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was caused by the…
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Science Loses in New Brunswick
By Edan Tasca Earlier this month the New Brunswick legislature began debating Bill 11, a motion to eliminate non-medical vaccine exceptions. Under the bill, students who are not vaccinated according Health…
Learning About the Effects of COVID-19
By Sandra Dunham Alongside the medical research being conducted about COVID-19, there are a number of studies being carried out about the psychological, sociological, and mental health effects of the…
The Non-GMO Project
By Andrea Palmieri It seems like there are endless ways companies can use labels to promote their food products — sometimes, it can even take up most of the real…