It's Still Early Days. But Pfizer's Stunning Vaccine Results Could Be a Real Game-Changer
It is a sign that the end of the global pandemic may—may—soon be in sight.
Jeffrey S. Flier
· 8 min read
Science / Tech
A collection of 318 posts
The Evolutionary History of Man's Best Friend Revealed
Dogs are the only domestic species who have been with us since the Pleistocene, which ended 11,500 years ago.
Razib Khan
· 7 min read
Philosophy Is Being Hijacked by Woke Twitter Mobs
Van Leeuwen and Herschbach wrote a statement on Facebook reiterating that the review process had been carried out properly, and declaring, “Efforts to silence unwelcome opinion… are doing a disservice to the community.”
Nathan Cofnas
· 6 min read
The Real Causes of Human Sex Differences
The prevailing view in the social and behavioral sciences is that human sex differences are typically small in magnitude, largely social in origin, and driven by gender roles (below).
David C. Geary
· 12 min read
Radicalized Antiracism on Campus—as Seen from the Computer Lab
The University of Washington, like most schools, tracks the performance of student groups as part of its effort to enhance diversity and reduce inequality.
Stuart Reges
· 15 min read
Microbes on Venus May Herald Human Extinction (Though Not in the Way You Think)
Many of these cultures surely had their share of Elon Musks—beings who wished to colonize other worlds.
James D. Miller
· 8 min read
At the Intersection of Art and Science: Revisiting EO Wilson’s 'Consilience'
Artists and scientists have a reductionist’s idea of one another and perceive the other as a threat.
Clint Margrave
· 6 min read
The Myth of Harmonious Indigenous Conservationism
By 2014, Homo sapiens had, by the reckoning of the World Wildlife Fund, destroyed an incredible 60 percent of the wild mammal, bird, reptile, and fish populations that were in existence as recently as 1970.
Baz Edmeades
· 10 min read
International Scholars Must Resist the American Campaign to Inject Racial Tribalism Into Science
We retain the belief that, in supposedly pluralistic societies, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. We urge other scientists not to follow the American example, and to resist the campaign to racialize science.
Andreas Bikfalvi and Marcel Kuntz
· 8 min read
The Problems with Discrimination Research in Medicine
The narrative that has emerged from the conclusions of these limited studies could inadvertently cause some populations to avoid medical follow-up and form an inaccurate view of healthcare practices.
Zachary Robert Caverley
· 12 min read
What Computer-Generated Language Tells Us About Our Own Ideological Thinking
Thus, the ancient question of what separates humans from animals is the inverse of the more recent question of what separates humans from computers.
Cameron Harwick
· 10 min read
Why Have So Many American Conservatives Embraced COVID-19 Pseudoscience?
But what I’m describing here isn’t evidence-driven debate: It’s angry, ideologically driven luddite mysticism masquerading as hard-headed conservative skepticism.
Nidra Poller
· 7 min read
As Statues Fall, What's the Best Way to Evaluate History's Heroes?
One possibility is that morality is dependent on local circumstances and facts about social order and organization.
Steven D. Hales
· 7 min read
Racism Is Real. But Science Isn’t the Problem
There are fewer tenured black physicists at universities and laboratories because there are fewer black PhD physicists.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 11 min read
On Steve Hsu and the Campaign to Thwart Free Inquiry
It is not unreasonable to consider avoiding research that risks creating unmanageable divisions.
Peter Toshev
· 6 min read