Nothing to fear: ConspiraSea cruise day 3
Colin is currently on the ConspiraSea Cruise doing research for a book on irrational beliefs. He is emailing summaries of each day’s experiences to me for posting here on Violent Metaphors. This is the...
View ArticleTroubled Waters: ConspiraSea Cruise Day 4(ish)
Colin is currently on the ConspiraSea Cruise doing research for a book on irrational beliefs. He is emailing summaries of each day’s experiences to me for posting here on Violent Metaphors. This is the...
View ArticleSexual harassment in physical anthropology
Astronomy. Astronomy again. Molecular biology. Story after story about sexual harassment of students and trainees by professors has been coming out recently. Today Michael Balter has just published an...
View ArticleNo, We Don’t Actually Know That Modern Humans Killed Off The Hobbits
This article is cross-posted from the Social evolution forum where I occasionally write about issues in human evolution. A new paper out last week in Nature by Sutikna et al. has generated a great deal...
View ArticleBehind the scenes at NASA: The HERA project
What happens if you put a group of adults together in a confined space and leave them isolated for weeks? Can they get along? Can they work together to productively carry out complex tasks, stay in...
View ArticleHow to flunk out of the University of Google
This is one instance where flunking is a good thing.… Continue reading →
View ArticleArchaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the Americas
The excellent podcast Archaeological Fantasies recently had me on as a guest for a wide ranging discussion on genetics. We covered everything from the genetic prehistory of the Americas to issues...
View ArticleHaving a baby doesn’t change the facts on vaccines.
I normally avoid sharing personal details and information about my family publicly on social media. This post is going to be one of the rare exceptions. When my Dear parents post went viral a few years...
View ArticleIn the wake of Wakefield
Colin and I were just interviewed on BBC Radio 4 for a commemoration of sorts. It’s been 20 years since Andrew Wakefield published his infamous paper, “Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific...
View ArticleOn Race, Genetics, and Pseudoscience
How do scientists talk about race? For quite some time a small group of geneticists have been engaged in deep conversations about how best to convey the complexities of, and the relationship between...
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