Science and Society
by Judi L. Nath, Ph.D.Realty Check: What Do You Really Know about DEI? Let’s Talk Turkey
November 24, 2024 Hello, Good People! As Thanksgiving is upon us, you may be less inclined to read. Yet, it is because Turkey Day is upon us that this week is a good time to talk turkey. Today’s intersection of science and society topic is about an issue that receives...
Vanquishing by Vaccinating
Vanquishing by Vaccinating November 18, 2024 Today’s public health topic is infectious disease and prevention. We’ve experienced the COVID pandemic, the scourge that has killed over 7 million people worldwide. Pandemics don’t magically go away, COVID is still with us,...
Post-Election Stress Syndrome
Post-Election Stress Syndrome November 10, 2024 Four years ago, I started writing Science & Society newsletters in response to the COVID pandemic, when disinformation and misinformation was populating all venues of communication. It was my attempt to help friends...
America’s New ABC’s: Academic Antics, Book Banning, and Censorship Clownery
America’s New ABC’s: Academic Antics, Book Banning, and Censorship Clownery America’s educational system is under attack from within as books are banned, censorship is on the rise, hate runs amok, and laws are passed limiting what can be taught within academic...
Sexy Science Symposium
Let’s talk about sex. Not the kind of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, but the kind that’s on the ballot. And pre-emptive apologies for going long with the blog, but sometimes we have to play the long game. Before we do, here’s a little background: The United States is in the...
Playing Chicken with a Life
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion with its Dobbs v. Jackson decision, leaving individual states as arbiters for reproductive healthcare. This ruling marked a considerable intersection of science and society as...
Getting Rid of Bunk Disease
Welcome to October 2024 and another installment of the newsletter that helps you navigate the intersection of science and society! Top of mind is teasing out fact from fiction. Textbooks contain facts. But how do we know what we don’t know?For years now, we’ve...
Tired, Tired, Tired of Swimming
Tired. That’s the word many of us use to describe how we’re feeling these days. It’s been a daily 5-alarm fire for more years than we care to count. Every day we wake up, doom scroll, and if we happen to miss a day, that’s no big deal because the news of the new day...
Here’s an Editorial I Wrote for the Sandusky Register
Here's the text, and the link to the article is below. It was published April 9, 2022. Dear Ohioans, it is time to hold our legislators accountable. While the people of the world are focused on the war in Ukraine and measures to keep the coronavirus...