Realty Check: What Do You Really Know about DEI? Let’s Talk Turkey

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

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

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...
Sexy Science Symposium

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

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...