Dec 26, 2018 07:20 PM
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2...iment-juul
INTRO: If you’re a science enthusiast who has followed the news in 2018, you’ve probably noted a few moments when science got the shaft. In 2018 alone, there was the freeze on important HIV science involving fetal cell tissue, the defunding of Planned Parenthood, White House interference in an international breastfeeding resolution for women’s health, the elimination of a science adviser’s office at the Environmental Protection Agency, and all the rollbacks of environmental protections at EPA and Interior, backed by a White House trying to downplay two major climate science reports. Plus, Goop continues to thrive, and Dr. Oz became a White House health council adviser.
At the Vox science desk, we like to close each year with a list of ideas we think should die by January 1. For posterity, here’s our 2018 hit list. (See previous versions of this year-end list here and here.)
COVERED:
Myth 1: fighting climate change will destroy the economy
Myth 2: Juuling is cool
Myth 3: Neanderthals were more savage than us
Myth 4: the marshmallow test is a key test of future success and well-being
Myth 5: immigrants pose a disease risk to the US
Myth 6: mere exposure to other points of view reduces partisanship
Myth 7: the Stanford Prison Experiment shows how environments can bring out evil in people
MORE (details): https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2...iment-juul
INTRO: If you’re a science enthusiast who has followed the news in 2018, you’ve probably noted a few moments when science got the shaft. In 2018 alone, there was the freeze on important HIV science involving fetal cell tissue, the defunding of Planned Parenthood, White House interference in an international breastfeeding resolution for women’s health, the elimination of a science adviser’s office at the Environmental Protection Agency, and all the rollbacks of environmental protections at EPA and Interior, backed by a White House trying to downplay two major climate science reports. Plus, Goop continues to thrive, and Dr. Oz became a White House health council adviser.
At the Vox science desk, we like to close each year with a list of ideas we think should die by January 1. For posterity, here’s our 2018 hit list. (See previous versions of this year-end list here and here.)
COVERED:
Myth 1: fighting climate change will destroy the economy
Myth 2: Juuling is cool
Myth 3: Neanderthals were more savage than us
Myth 4: the marshmallow test is a key test of future success and well-being
Myth 5: immigrants pose a disease risk to the US
Myth 6: mere exposure to other points of view reduces partisanship
Myth 7: the Stanford Prison Experiment shows how environments can bring out evil in people
MORE (details): https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2...iment-juul