I like Bill Nye, but it has bothered me for some time that he was anti-GMO. Nye has been a tireless defender of science when it comes to things like climate change and evolution. So it bothered me that he chose to cherry pick the science when it came to genetics. About 95 percent of…
Google considers ranking sites based on accuracy, Fox news isn’t happy
Last week a couple of Google researchers published a paper on the possibility of fact checking websites and ranking search results based on accuracy instead of possibility. Personally I’m thrilled with the idea. I’m tired of doing a search on Google and then having to sift through the pseudo science, myths and conspiracy theories. It…
The GMO industry should stop fighting labels and focus on public education
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) have been around for a long time now. They were first introduced in the 1980s and since that time no significant evidence has emerged that they are harmful. Despite this, bans on GMOs and calls for labeling genetically modified products at the retail level continue to gain strength. Despite the fact…
Video: Bill Nye vs. Climate Change Denier Marsha Blackburn
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Bill Nye debated Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn an anti-science climate change denier. Sane people can only hope that the Republican party will continue to implode. At a time when science and technology are essential to our survival (economic and otherwise) their attacks on science and even logic are moving past stupid and…