Wesley J. Smith

Scientists are losing the war against malaria and are desperately seeking a new tactic. From the story:Faced with a losing battle against malaria, scientists are increasingly exploring new avenues that might have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago.“We don’t have things we can rely . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the joys of being a writer is that when something galls you, you can fight back. As readers of SHS know, I have been mightily irked by CBS and MSNBC swallowing whole the specious “study” that global warming is causing earthquakes. My friends at the Daily Standard saw it the same . . . . Continue Reading »

CBS News has taken down the ridiculous story about global warming causing increased earthquake activity. But there is no acknowledgment that the “news” was pure junk. Just the statement: This page cannot be foundThat is utterly inadequate. The story was linked on the Drudge Report for . . . . Continue Reading »

Good news and bad news. An Australian jury has convicted two women who killed an Alzheimer’s patient. From the story: The Sydney jury found Shirley Justins guilty of manslaughter and Caren Jenning guilty of being an accessary to manslaughter for the euthanasia drug death of former Qantas pilot . . . . Continue Reading »

Little noted, but hopefully long remembered, the Congress passed and President Bush recently signed, the Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act of 2008. Given the ability now to quickly test the genetic makeup of each and every one of us—with or without permission—doing our best to . . . . Continue Reading »

Oh, how they want to believe in the apocalyptic potential of global warming! I reported a few hours ago that an Australian pseudo-scientist, who pushes stories about space aliens and auras, named Thomas Chalko, claimed that global warming has caused an increase in earthquakes. CBS bit, from an . . . . Continue Reading »

This blog does not deal with global warming or climate change. But it does deal with the corruption of science that comes from overt politicization of science papers and advocacy. And this one might just take the cake. According to one scientist, the world is experiencing an increase in destructive . . . . Continue Reading »

Hopefully this is very big. A patient was injected with billions of his own genetically altered white blood cells and it apparently put his metastasized cancer into remission. From the story:A cancer patient has made a full recovery after being injected with billions of his own immune cells in the . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to IPSCs, adult stem cell successes, and bounteous funding of ESCR via state and philanthropic sources, the Bush federal funding restrictions have (so far) barely registered as a campaign issue. And now, John McCain’s campaign may be signaling that, in light of the many advances that . . . . Continue Reading »

The doctors in the Winnipeg Samuel Golubchuk case are intent on showing his family and society who is boss. Two more have resigned rather than provide care. From the story:CBC News has learned that two other doctors—Bojan Paunovic and David Easton—have also said they will no longer care . . . . Continue Reading »