Tags: Research
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What Should Government Do About Possible Pandemics?
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Won’t Some Folks Feel Stupid if it Turns Out Marijuana Fights HIV?
Initial research suggests it just might
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By All Means, Let’s Try to Start Another Flu Panic
The World Health Organization needs its own tabloid
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Tissue Engineers Make Working Kidneys in the Lab - For Rats
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Crony Capitalism vs. American Food
The deadly duo of big government and big food.
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White House Responds (Finally) to Research Access Petition with a Yes
Administration will support making taxpayer-funded academic papers available to everybody a year after publication
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The Sorry State of Food-Related Public-Health Research and Journalism
Bad research. Bad reporting on bad research. What's the deal with food-related public-health research and reporting?
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Does Fast Food Marketing Make Kids Fat?
A new study trumpets a dubious link between obese youngsters and the logos of food companies.
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Half of the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong
A review of The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman.
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The Latest Misguided Attack on Sugary Drinks
Wheat, soy, dairy, and seafood make some people sick. Should we tax or ban those foods as a result?
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Is Organic Food a Waste of Money?
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom on organic food.
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Antisocial Science: Some Liberal Academics Don’t Want Conservatives in Their Herds
A third would choose hiring a liberal candidate over a conservative, given equal qualifications.
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Is Access to Government-Funded Research a Right?
When the government funds academic research but publishers pay for editing and peer review, who gets to call the shots?
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Kerfuffle over Gay Parenting Study Raises Important Question: Aren’t These Studies Bloody Stupid?
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Why Should Taxpayers Fund Political Science Research?
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Do Organic Consumers Shop Exclusively at the Jerk Store?
A new study examines the connection between organic food marketing and anti-social behavior.
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School Junk Food Ban Study Loaded With Empty Calories
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Can Most Cancer Research Be Trusted?
Addressing the problem of "academic risk" in biomedical research
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Recovery Leaves 99 Percent Poorer
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RAND Pot Dispensary Crime Study Retracted