Nov 24, 2024
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...
Nov 18, 2024
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,...
Nov 10, 2024
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...
Nov 3, 2024
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...
Oct 27, 2024
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...
Oct 22, 2024
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...
