Julia Belluz on the FDA cracking down on companies that sell bogus dietary supplements. These pills have not been scientifically proven to work — in fact, they cause harm, because they’re not tested as rigorously as they should be. Before USPLabs agreed to pull OxyElite Pro from store shelves, the product sickened dozens of people, […]
Tim Caulfield was back on my show today to discuss the new report from the World Health Organization that supposedly classifies bacon (and other processed meat) as a carcinogen. He put the scare-monger headlines into perspective and explained why it’s still okay to have a bacon cheeseburger — every once in a while. Tim is […]
In an interview with IFLScience, Neil deGrasse Tyson is asked about the Mars One project and its founder, Bas Lansdorp… Tyson: I value dreamers, even if they’re kind of floating above the ground, not really connected in the way the rest of us are. The dreamer moves the needle, even a little bit. To get […]
In an interview with Salon, Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about the dangers of unenlightened policies that aren’t based on scientific facts: For example, we live in a time now where many on the conservative right continue to be in denial of anthropogenic climate change. The problem that I see is that if you remain in […]
In 2013, two hundred thousand people applied for the Mars One project, which wants to send humans to the red planet on a one-way mission. Now there are just 100 people still being considered, and Maggie Duckworth is one of them. She returned to my show to talk about how she’s gotten to this point, […]
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy responds to anti-vaxxers who signed a petition to the White House demanding the right to not have their kids vaccinated. If you’re a regular reader of this site, you’ll recognize the points he makes — the same science-based arguments I’ve cited for years and years…