Day: August 18, 2023

Out of Our Minds in the West

Out of Our Minds in the West

Two Princeton, MIT Scientists Say EPA Climate Regulations Based on a ‘Hoax’ Two prominent climate scientists have taken on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rules to cut CO2 emissions in electricity generation, arguing in testimony that the regulations “will be disastrous for the country, for no scientifically justifiable reason.” Citing extensive data to support……

Is It Wise to Get Your Wisdom Teeth Pulled?

Is It Wise to Get Your Wisdom Teeth Pulled?

The preemptive extraction of wisdom teeth before they become problematic has been a routine practice for decades. Surgical tooth removal began after the introduction of the local anesthetic Novocaine in 1902. Before that, these third molars were rarely, if ever, removed as a preventive measure due to the pain involved.1 The removal of wisdom teeth…

Siri, Am I Anti-Science?

Siri, Am I Anti-Science?

This story is about the absurdity of the preposterous mandate to just “trust the science” as if it were a non-partisan set of static truths. It is also about some humbling recent discoveries showing just how little the scientists know at any given time. The Yelling Over the past three years, we’ve been pounded on…

AI Is Now a Destructive Steward of Diet Culture

AI Is Now a Destructive Steward of Diet Culture

At the beginning of May, the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)—which bills itself as the biggest nonprofit devoted to helping people with eating disorders—debuted Tessa, its new support chatbot. Tessa, which was developed by professors at Washington University School of Medicine and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, was shown in a clinical trial…

A Practical Solution to Ear Infections

A Practical Solution to Ear Infections

We can’t look inside our own ears—but if we could, we would see that what goes on in the ears is intimately connected to the nose, and what goes on in the nose is intimately connected to the ears. Here’s how it works—and why it matters. Three distinct areas make up the human ear: the…

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