Let’s just get the truth out about aspartame. Jim Turner is a lawyer who has spent decades educating people about this dangerous and ubiquitous sugar substitute. Mr. Turner was instrumental in keeping aspartame off the market until 1981, when Searle company president Donald Rumsfeld forced its approval via President Reagan’s transition team. Read the sordid history here. […]

Dr. Judith Curry  joins us to talk about her recent breakdown of Michael Polanyi’s 1962 article “The Republic of Science.” Topics discussed include the science/policy nexus, the breakdown of the old norms of scientific research, and how the internet is helping to revolutionize science. Dr. Judith Curry is a climatologist and former chair of the […]

More than 70% of researchers have tried to reproduce other scientists experiments and failed. On top of that, 50% of scientists have tried to reproduce their own experiments and failed. Science fraud is shaking up the science world:

There are increasing concerns these days about scientific misconduct. Hundreds of papers are being pulled from the scientific record, for falsified data, for plagiarism, and for a variety of other reasons that are often never explained. Sometimes it’s an honest mistake. But it’s estimated that 70 per cent of the retractions are based on some […]

NASA has detected oxygen in the upper Martian atmosphere with the help of an instrument on board the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Oxygen had been discovered on the red planet before; however, this is the first time its presence has been verified in wake of the Viking and Mariner missions more than 40 […]

Memories are all we have and yet, some of our recollections may not be our own. Scientists have long suspected that memories can be inherited, but never quite understood how. Now, researchers at Tel Aviv University claim to have discovered the mechanism that “[turns] the transference of environmental influences on and off.” In the study, […]

On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings and forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta’s history. The fire continues to spread across remote forested areas of northern Alberta, and has impacted Canada’s oil sand operations. […]

Johnny Matheny of Port Richey last year became the first person in the U.S. to undergo a medical procedure called osseointegration, which is the direct surgical attachment of a prosthesis to the body.

SCIENCE LIE #1: Weed killer is safe to eat TRUTH: Glyphosate weed killer causes cancer, infertility, kidney damage and birth defects. And it’s found in instant oatmeal! SCIENCE LIE #2: Statin drugs are good for you TRUTH: Statins destroy brain function and cause dementia and memory loss. They also cause muscle fatigue and crippling weakness. […]

An unprecedented trial conducted by a U.S. biotechnology company is attempting to resurrect the clinically dead. Bioquark Inc. has been granted permission to recruit 20 patients who have been declared clinically dead due to traumatic brain injury. The researchers will try to bring certain parts of the central nervous system back to life through a […]