The Sperm Count Culture War
The authors all but ignore the science to focus on what they believe is more important—the ideological framing of the issue in socio-cultural discourse.
Geoffrey C. Kabat
· 13 min read
Health
A collection of 170 posts
Why Is the Society for American Archaeology Promoting Indigenous Creationism?
The most expansive interpretations of NAGPRA’s provisions now serve to place Indigenous oral traditions, which typically include religious stories, on equal footing with traditional forms of scientific evidence such as DNA analysis.
Elizabeth Weiss and James W. Springer
· 16 min read
The Importance of Understanding the Nonspecific Effects of Vaccines
A new strategy is required that balances authority with humility.
David McLelland
· 7 min read
Winners and Losers: The Global Economy After COVID
Taking advantage of the post-pandemic era may start with securing national health but will depend over time on creating better conditions for adaptive grassroots businesses.
Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger
· 11 min read
How Strong Was Taiwan’s COVID Response?
Taiwan’s COVID response will likely be remembered as one of the world’s best.
Ben Weinstein
· 13 min read
Trauma and the Psychedelic Renaissance
Negative stereotypes about psychedelics are undergoing a reassessment.
James Jeffrey
· 10 min read
The Social Determinants of Health: Critique and Implications
This overreach of public health also bleeds into the educational sector, where schooling is yet another SDOH requiring intervention.
Zachary Robert Caverley
· 12 min read
The Geography of COVID-19
The ongoing pandemic is reshaping the geography of our planet, helping some areas and hurting others. In the West, the clear winners have been the sprawling suburbs and exurbs, while dense cores have been dealt a powerful blow. The pandemic also has accelerated class differences and inequality, with poor and
Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox
· 11 min read
When Sons Become Daughters, Part IV: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering
The recent spike in trans self-identification has made things even more difficult for these parents, because gender-related body dysmorphia often appears alongside other kinds of physically focused anxieties.
Angus Fox
· 17 min read
The Search to Explain Our Anxiety and Depression: Will ‘Long COVID’ Become the Next Gender Ideology?
Long COVID is just the latest example of the sort of idea that will become popular among this generation—and it certainly won’t be the last.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
The Fear and Fantasy of COVID-19 Vaccination
The politicization and generation of narratives surrounding the coronavirus (and ensuing governmental responses) funneled information flow into partitions based on political affiliation.
Iosif M. Gershteyn
· 8 min read
Diversity, Inclusion, and Academic Freedom: The Case of Gender Biology
But it is sad to see established facts now suppressed along with undesirable beliefs and opinions. And to see our institutions of higher learning being led to this kind of neo-obscurantism in the name of enlightened social attitudes.
Constantin Polychronakos
· 9 min read
Taboo: Why Is Africa the Global COVID ‘Cold Spot’ and Why Are We Afraid to Talk About It?
Africa has not been affected on anything like the scale of most countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
Jon Entine, Patrick Whittle
· 21 min read
The End of Pestilence
The COVID-19 vaccine development experience shows it is possible to produce safe and effective vaccines much faster than previously thought.
Matthew Lesh
· 13 min read
Lockdown Scepticism Was Never a ‘Fringe’ Viewpoint
The Declaration states that achieving herd immunity for COVID-19 can be assisted by vaccines, “but is not dependent” on their use.
Noah Carl
· 11 min read