If you read anything at all about the US Department of Agriculture’s 2015 dietary guidelines, which have finally been issued now that it is 2016, it was probably a diatribe arguing that the government wasCategory Archives: On Science Blogs
Food fights: the new dietary guidelines, fats, salt, sugar, edible GMOs
If you read anything at all about the US Department of Agriculture’s 2015 dietary guidelines, which have finally been issued now that it is 2016, it was probably a diatribe arguing that the government wasPosted by in carbohydrates, fat, featured, food, genetic engineering, genetics, Genome, GMO, health care, medically unexplained symptoms, obesity, On Science Blogs, Politics, Research, salt, soda, sugar, united states
The cancer moonshot and other future science fantasies
Last Friday, On Science Blogs was given over to the many “best of science” lists of 2015. This week’s post is about what bloggers foresee for 2016–and beyond. THE CANCER MOONSHOT: WELCOME TO 2016 Vice-PresidentMore on gene editing rules, CRISPR in humans and dogs, bioethics & breakthroughs
THE HUMAN GENE EDITING SUMMIT, CONT’D Citizens seeking to understand what was decided at last week’s Human Gene Editing Summit might be understandably confused by the contradictions in these headlines: Scientific community approves human genePosted by in bioethics, Bora Zivkovic, cranial, CRISPR, CRISPR/Cas9, dogs, eugenics, Evolution, featured, fraud, gene editing, genetic disease, genetic engineering, Genome, Genomics, GMO, health care, Human Evolution, media criticism, muscular dystrophy, On Science Blogs, Politics, pruning, Research, Science Magazine, united states, women
Yes, climate change causes extreme weather, and asteroid mining will be legal
DO CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING CAUSE WEIRD WEATHER? Yes. Some of it, anyway. So says a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This news is going to be a help toPosted by in asteroid, Astronomy, Ceres, climate change, extreme weather, featured, global warming, mining, On Science Blogs, Politics, Research, united states, weather
White deaths increase: drugs, alcohol, suicide, but in US only. Why?
There’s a big puzzle growing out of that startling new research showing that the death rate among white Americans age 45-54, especially the less-educated, has been rising since 1999. This even though the death rateWhere was the dog born? Plus mammogram changes once again
ANIMAL GENOME OF THE WEEK: CANIS LUPUS FAMILIARIS So is this a trend, the animal genome of the week? Last week pigs. This week, dogs. First things first: dog origins. A perennial hot topic, thePosted by in ancient DNA, Asia, Breast cancer, DCIS, dogs, Evolution, featured, genetics, Genome, Genomics, health care, mammogram, On Science Blogs, Research, united states, women
Again, water on Mars. Also abortion, Planned Parenthood, fetal tissue research
WATERY MARS AGAIN Emily Lakdawalla thinks everybody should calm down about NASA’s much-trumpeted latest discovery of liquid water on Mars. The discovery, which is probably not flowing water but rather something more like damp sand, doesn’t, she argues at the … Continue reading
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Drug price hikes: revolt on the way? Also, the Pope, climate change, and a super eclipse
WILL DARAPRIM DISPUTE TOPPLE DRUG PRICES? Will the rage over Martin Shkreli’s extortionate overpricing of the old reliable toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim trigger a rebellion over the cost of our medicines? That’s what Dan Diamond argues at Vox. He hails Shkreli … Continue reading
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All about the fossilized bones of (maybe) Homo naledi
SIX WOMEN UNEARTHED A NEW HUMAN SPECIES As you know, most fields of science, especially the ones best beloved by media, are dominated by white guys. Paleoanthropology, for example. Unless you are pretty familiar with human paleontology, Meave Leakey is … Continue reading
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Psychology cleans up its act, plus biohackers embrace gene editing, CRISPR, cyborgs
THE MESS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER SCIENCES TOO You’d think that the just-published Science paper, recounting a massive attempt at replication of 100 selected research projects published in the top psychology journals in 2008, would be cause for much beating … Continue reading
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