Does the "Less Sex in a Recession" Trend Have Evolutionary Roots?
It’s been a rough few weeks for anything male. According to a study released this week, males of just about every species are being feminized—or even wiped out of existence—by the slew of unregulated...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: Who Says We Can't All Take Drugs?
• Don’t have ADD, or any conceivable medical need for prescription drugs like Ritalin? Take ‘em anyway, says a group of experts. Granted, whether the people who do need them really need them is still...
View ArticleIs Nothing Sacred? Nobel Prize Engulfed in Drug Company Scandal
Welcome to today’s heaping dose of cynicism, to start off the weekend right: Scandal has hit none other than the Nobel Prize, after it was revealed that a member of the Nobel selection committee also...
View ArticleBye Bye Freebies! Drug Companies Ax Free Goodies to Doctors
We’re back from a brief holiday hiatus, just in time for some heartening news to kick off 2009: As of Jan. 1, the Big Pharma companies have all agreed to stop producing and issuing the gobs of free...
View ArticleCould Steve Jobs's Illness Really Be Just a "Hormonal Imbalance"?
Steve Jobs looks terrible. He has for months. After losing a reported 30 pounds last year, the Apple CEO has been the subject of constant scrutiny concerning his health, sparking media coverage that’s...
View ArticleThe Anti-Vax Apocalypse Will Be Televised: Measles Spike in Europe
How many times do we have to say it? At least once more, apparently: The anti-vaxer movement is wrong, it’s dangerous, and it’s having major effects on public health. Like this one: More than 12,000...
View ArticleDrug Industry 1, Country 0: Big Pharma Can Now Hawk Unapproved Drugs
From the wires: The FDA has just completed a fresh set of guidelines that will permit pharmaceutical companies to tell doctors about unapproved uses of their medicines—in effect, giving big pharma...
View ArticleWelcome President Obama! Now About Those Stem Cell Laws…
So it happened: Barack Obama has officially taken his place as the country’s 44th President (complete with a shout-out to science during the inaugural address!). And, with the country facing enough...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup: The Ethics of Eight Babies
• Do humans have reproductive limits? And if not physical, how about ethical? • Scientists give a big thumbs up to Obama’s environmental plan. • A handy list of all the biggest “global cooling” hacks,...
View ArticleIs "Train More Scientists" the Answer to Our Economic Woes?
Over at Silicon Alley Insider’s Clusterstock blog, Joe Weisenthal has taken on the science establishment, slapping down the much-bandied conventional wisdom that the solution to society’s ills is to...
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