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Vaccine Ingredient Controversy
Vaccine ingredient controversies illustrate how anti-science thinking can transform legitimate questions about medical products into fear, suspicion, and misinformation. Vaccines contain multiple components, including active…
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Raw Milk & Seed OIls
Debates about raw milk and seed oils have become prominent examples of how anti-science thinking can influence discussions about nutrition and health. Online communities sometimes portray raw milk as a natural, traditional…
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Chemtrails
The 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory claims that the persistent trails sometimes visible behind aircraft (contrails) are evidence of chemicals or biological agents being deliberately released into the atmosphere, often for purposes…
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Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine developed in the late eighteenth century that is based on principles such as 'like cures like' and the idea that repeatedly diluting a substance can make it more therapeutically…
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Nuclear Energy and the Costs of Anti-Science
When fear replaces evidence, society can lose more than a source of energy; it can lose opportunities for innovation, resilience, and progress. The negative portrayal of nuclear fission illustrates how an anti-science mindset can…
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Radiophobia
Radiophobia - the disproportionate fear of radiation - illustrates how anxiety can sometimes overwhelm scientific understanding. Radiation is invisible, unfamiliar, and associated in the public imagination with nuclear weapons…
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Evidence-Based Hope - Part 1
A September UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report states that the world is set to exceed the Paris' 1.5° C target on climate warming. The report has triggered a growing narrative of climate doomism and helplessness. Yet the same…
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Evidence-Based Hope - Part 2
The accelerating transition of global energy from fossil fuels to green renewables provides a compelling argument that climate catastrophe can be averted. When scientists model global warming, they look at greenhouse gas…
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Doomism in Climate Change Communication
Doomism in climate change refers to the belief that catastrophic climate change is inevitable and that meaningful action can no longer alter the outcome. While concern about the seriousness of climate change is justified by…
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HIV-AIDS Denialism
HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system./AIDSAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is the most advanced and severe stage of infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)…
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Scientists Must Advocate for Science
Scientific research doesn't speak for itself, and the person best positioned to translate it isn't a teacher, a journalist, or an engaged citizen - it's the researcher who did the work. Secondhand explanations lose nuance, and…
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Replication, Peer Reviews, and Publish or Perish
A replication crisis occurs when independent researchers are unable to reproduce previously published findings. Replication failure can result from ordinary scientific variability, methodological differences, statistical…
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