Cameron English

1 day ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Cameron English

Cameron English, Jamie Reed, Liza Dunn | April 24, 2025 XLinkedInFacebookRedditBlueskyThreads Listen to GLP Science Facts & Fallacies on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean and YouTube Podcasts. Or add the RSS feed to your favorite podcast app. Join our to get these stories and more delivered to your inbox. We’ve all heard the claims about gender-affirming care. The effects of puberty blockers are reversible; most experts agree that medically transitioning children is safe. Opposition to the transgender...

3 days ago | acsh.org | Cameron English |Chuck Dinerstein

Can eating well pave the way to healthier, more vibrant golden years? The answer is "maybe," based on a recent study surveying how diet affects disease risk as we age. Let's break down the paper's results. Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 111 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:Eating Our Way to a Better Old AgeEveryone wants to live longer — and better.

4 days ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Cameron English

Cameron English, Jon Entine, Liza Dunn | April 21, 2025 XLinkedInFacebookRedditBlueskyThreads The public’s faith in journalism has cratered over the last two decades. “Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media,” Pew reported last October, with just 31 percent expressing “‘a great deal’ or ‘fair amount’ of confidence in the media to report the news accurately.” While many explanations for this stark trend have been advanced, the media’s loss of public trust stems...

1 week ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Cameron English

After years of flogging one chemical scare after another, NPR has abruptly changed its tune, defending Girl Scout cookies against MAGA activists who claim Thin Mints are toxic. This selective advocacy erodes trust in science for the sake of politics. Separately, MAGA’s culture war against mRNA vaccines has spread unsubstantiated nonsense, portraying the shots as dangerous despite their proven safety—lowering vaccination rates and possibly stifling the development of innovative cancer vaccines.

1 week ago | acsh.org | Cameron English

The US government spends over $160 billion annually on scientific research. This massive expense is marketed to taxpayers as investment in groundbreaking research that fuels innovation and discovery. In truth, much of the federal science budget is expended on questionable and even fraudulent research. It’s time we eliminate it. The academy has been in an uproar since Donald Trump began his second term as president in January.