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Conservative Hypocrisy – Or Ignorance – On Parade

Conservative Hypocrisy – Or Ignorance – On Parade

Conservatives have done it again, making another huge mistake in supporting another so-called “expert” who actually ends up hurting more than helping their cause. Conservative science-deniers are applauding from coast-to-coast at the news that a prominent theoretical physicist and contemporary of Einstein at Princeton called out conventional wisdom regarding climate change in a recent interview […]

Scientists Seek Prosecution Of Climate Change Deniers Under RICO Statutes

Scientists Seek Prosecution Of Climate Change Deniers Under RICO Statutes

A group of scientists is circulating a letter asking the Obama administration to prosecute those skeptical of the reality of man-made climate change. The scientists are part of a non-profit organization called The Institute of Global Environment and Society. For those unfamiliar with this organization: The Institute of Global Environment and Society, Inc. (IGES) – […]

Nobel-Prize Winning Biologist Explains The Trouble With Girls

Nobel-Prize Winning Biologist Explains The Trouble With Girls

Nobel Laureat, and strapping, manly biologist Sir Tim Hunt, decided to show the writers, scientists and engineers at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Seoul, just what a masculine specimen he is by berating women. At a luncheon for science journalists hosted by Korean women scientists, he thanked the women journalists “for making lunch,” warned […]

Mark Ruffalo Goes to War With Billionaire David Koch

Mark Ruffalo Goes to War With Billionaire David Koch

Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo went after climate denier David Koch on Twitter calling for the Smithsonian Institute to cut ties with the Koch Brothers. Three dozen scientists recently sent an open letter to the Museum of Natural History asking they cut ties with the Kochs and anyone else who has connections to the fossile […]

Elizabeth Warren Smacks Down Vaccine Conspiracy Theorists 8 Different Ways – VIDEO

Elizabeth Warren Smacks Down Vaccine Conspiracy Theorists 8 Different Ways – VIDEO

Elizabeth Warren put vaccine conspiracy theorists in their place during a Senate hearing on vaccines with Centers for Disease Control immunization expert Dr. Anne Schuchat. To prove her point that vaccines are safe, Warren asked Dr. Schuchat whether vaccines were safe – eight different ways: WARREN: “Is there any scientific evidence that vaccines cause autism?” SCHUCHAT: […]