There are a whole lot of reasons that the War on Drugs was and is, well, kind of silly. A lot of those reasons are more about common sense — prohibiting the legal purchase of something doesn’t stop it from being purchased, at a premium and at great risk of personal bodily harm. A biologist […] More
Carl Sagan was truly an incredible person who continues to inspire us today. After all, he created Cosmos, is responsible for the “pale blue dot” photo, and heavily influenced Bill Nye’s and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s public career in science communication. Carl Sagan also enjoyed smoking marijuana. So much though that he wrote an essay explaining why. […] More
Admittedly, way out here on America’s Left Coast, we’re not all that accustomed to either racist rhetoric or stupid, anti-scientific scare mongering over marijuana. The same, clearly, cannot be said for Kansas, home to State Rep. Steve Alford, who is a fan of both. Get our ‘All these flavors and you choose to be salty’ shirt, […] More
If you ask any smoker or stoner if there’s a difference between vaping and smoking, you’ll get a different answer each time. And since it’s somewhat of a scientific gray area at this point, there’s not a lot of data points to look at to determine if one is “better” than the other. What we […] More
If you’re unfamiliar with Adam Ruins Everything, the basic premise is to debunk popular pseudoscience in an entertaining and fun manner. The show is hosted by Adam Conover, who formerly had a series on CollegeHumor.com by the same name as his show on truTV. The show is fast-paced and information-dense, and even provides citations for […] More
As more and more states legalize medical and recreational cannabis, we’re getting more and more actual scientific research about the effect weed has on humans beyond, and I’m being scientific af when I say this, “being just great.” After all, Carl Sagan himself once wrote “the illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full […] More
Recreational drug use is certainly a subject that could use a lot more scientific research. For decades, especially in the United States, using drugs in a party or social setting was looked down, and the War on Drugs was our government’s extremely ill-advised attempt to legislate drug morality. The reality, though, is that just like […] More
Elon Musk is a man wearing many hats. In addition to running SpaceX, he’s also in charge of Tesla motors and The Boring Company. He also has a knack for doing things he ought not to do. This includes things such as weirdly calling a hero from the Thai cave rescue a pedophile (I’m still […] More
God bless the internet for giving us a seemingly never-ending stream of strange stories. On Tuesday of this week, a man in North Dakota was arrested after he allegedly masturbated, then dipped his buttocks into the holy water at his local church. According to the Idaho Statesman, a man ingested methamphetamine then tried to attend […] More
According to the New York Times, the Trump administration is making a push to support abstinence-only sex education. The Times said: While the funding announcement, issued Friday by the Department of Health and Human Services, does not exclude programs that provide information about contraception and protected sex, it explicitly encouraged programs that emphasize abstinence or “sexual […] More
tSE 028 – Chris Kluwe, former NFL Punter, Social Justice Advocate New to podcasts? Subscribe on Stitcher, iTunes, or on the podcast’s homepage. Be like James, James, Alice, the *four* Michaels, Kris, Sarah, Janet, Amanda, Astrid, Andrew, Susan, and Trevor! Become a patron at patreon.com/tSEpodcast to gain early access to uncut interviews, help guide the […] More
Addressing the ‘Monsanto Shill Syndrome’ MONSANTO! MONSANTO! MONSANTO! The name alone strikes fear into the hearts of kale enthusiasts everywhere. The anti-GMO movement (we’ll call it the anti-science movement, because that’s what it is) is certainly the minority, but they’re a loud minority. Anti-science’s official arch-enemy is Monsanto, but if you want to see how […] More
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