Science and the scientific method
The Worrying Murkiness of Institutional Biosafety Committees
Experts say institutional biosafety committees are a crucial to ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque.
“Just Scandalous”: CDC Withholding Most of the Covid Data It Gathers. What Is It Trying to Hide?
We predicted the new CDC head, Rochelle Walensky, would do badly. A New York Times story shows how she's underperforming our low expectations
New Data: Omicron BA.2 More Contagious and Severe than BA.1, Yet Officials Committed to Relaxing Protections
[Jaws theme song] BA.2 is coming....Maybe it won't be that terrible, but you might get out of the water.
New Study Explains How Coronavirus Stays Airborne Longer Than Previously Thought
New information on the airborne spread of Covid.
Ending Drug Price Gouging: A Regulatory Framework for Pricing of Medicine Innovation
regulators can step in to ensure drug pricing both supports patient access and drug development.
What Does Climate Change Have to do with Snowstorms?
An easy-to-present example of how climate change affects weather.
Covid Sightings: Omicron Reinfections, Brain Effects, Shabby US Performance, Western Australia Border Controls
There's enough new Covid news as to merit some focus on the bigger developments...so have at it!
Covid Situation Continuing to Develop Not Necessarily to the Officialdom’s Advantage
The new Covid news isn't better than the old Covid news, and some is actually disconcerting.
Book Review: The Science Behind Aesop’s Menagerie
In “Aesop’s Animals,” zoologist Jo Wimpenny provides a guided tour of animal behavior drawn from the classic fables.
Covid: “The Narrative Is Crumbling”
The Covid spin-doctoring machine is staring to emit smoke.