By: Matt Ridley – wsj.com – March 6, 2023 The threat to humans from animal viruses is small. The financial incentive to pretend otherwise is large. That assumption is almost certainly false. A new report from the University of Leeds, prepared in part by former World Health Organization executives, finds that the claims made by the G-20 in support of...

The threat to humans from animal viruses is small. The financial incentive to pretend otherwise is large. Source: Why Scientists Love Chasing Bats – WSJ

By: Nicholas Wade – wsj.com – February 28, 2024 This startling fact will probably take some time to sink into the national consciousness, given the mainstream media’s sustained inability to report the issue objectively. Editors have failed to think beyond the extreme politicization that requires liberals to oppose the lab-leak hypothesis. Science journalists are too beholden to their sources to...

Recall that Victor Frankenstein tried to tinker with nature. Let’s just say it didn’t go well, and he regretted it for the rest of his life. Today, a new group of scientists has announced their own plans to tinker with nature.

St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas has reinstated Dr. Johnson Varkey, a former adjunct professor, a year after he was fired for teaching standard principles about human biology and reproduction.

By: Eric Niiler – wsj.com – February 14, 2024 The shift reflects growing concern that efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions aren’t moving fast enough to prevent the destructive effects of heat waves, storms and floods made worse by climate change. Geoengineering isn’t a substitute for reducing emissions, according to scientists and business leaders involved in the projects. Rather, it...

If there were any doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed widespread corruption in America’s health care establishment, a federal lawsuit should put it to rest.

COVID-19 vaccines were supposed to help. Researchers—and government officials—are loath to admit that for some people, they actually hurt.

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a sweeping regulatory action, curbing particulate matter emissions from industry sources such as manufacturing and energy.

If basic biology or the Hippocratic oath won’t protect vulnerable teens from preying clinics, perhaps economic self-interest will.