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Monkeys with Smaller Testicles Compensate by Screaming Louder
Filed under “Testosterone” and “Social Media”: could this explain some of the comments on our Facebook page? From the article on Discover Magazine: Researchers used laser surface scanning to build 3-D anatomical models of hyoids from 255 male and female
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It’s Perfectly Legal to Kill Someone as Long as you Use This Specific Weapon
Legal in all fifty states, and nearly every country on Earth! Attention psychopaths and sociopaths: have you ever wondered what it’s like to kill another person, but are worried about those pesky legal consequences that might ruin future plans? Have
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Ad Hominem: Attacking the Researcher Just as Effective as Discrediting the Research
Do facts upset you? Do you not like the results of Scientific research? Boy do we have great news for you! That’s right, instead of analyzing studies for flawed methods or bad data, you can just call the researcher a
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Yet Another Hit Piece on Jordan Peterson
There’s an insidious, BS argument technique currently spreading like a rhetorical pestilence through Social Media, conventional media, and even in academic institutions. Here’s how it works: 1. Person A states their argument in good faith, providing a reasonable degree of
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Vaccine Deniers More Prone to Believe Other Conspiracy Theories
Sure, you’re sitting there with a deliberately stupid look on your face as you read this. But then you uncross your eyes, wipe off the drool, and realize that it’s important for Science to study general Human stupidity so we
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Did the Trump Administration Ban the CDC from Using Certain Terms?
There comes a point when covering the constant assault on facts gets overwhelming, when despair creeps in and you just want to throw up your hands and walk away to preserve what’s left of your appreciation for the good things in
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Anti-Vaxxers Make Death Threats to Judge Who Ordered Child Vaccinated
“If she can get away with this, the b—-h has got to die. The b—-h has got to die.” Just in case you were concerned that this is another example of the media taking something out of context in order
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The NHS says “NFW” to Surgeries for Smokers and Obese Patients
Obesity is a medically and scientifically complicated topic that is even further complicated by the public’s lack of medical and scientific knowledge. And you triple-down on the complexity once you figure in social factors such as body image standards, and
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CDC: Obesity Increases Risk of 40% of Cancers
Roughly 40 percent of all cancers in the United States are connected with excess weight according to American health officials. 71% of Americans are either overweight or obese according to the CDC. The increased risk is related to 13 different
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