Historians Are Calling Out Trump Online Whenever He Misreads the Past

15 Dez 201714 Dez 2017

Engaging with new media is no longer a dalliance for the history profession in the misinformation age. By Daniel Crown | MOTHERBOARD A new wrinkle seems to have developed this…

The Field of Synthetic Biology Runs on Speculative Fiction

19 Nov 201618 Nov 2016

Gene editing and new biological engineering techniques have allowed our minds to run wild: In the last few years, we’ve seen proposals to build North Face jackets out of synthesized…

French Media Stopped Publishing Terrorists‘ Photos – Research Says They’re Right

17 Aug 201616 Aug 2016

A few weeks ago some major French newspapers decided to stop publishing the photos and names of terrorists. It was days after dozens of people were killed in a brutal…

How the Media Got a Study About Vegetarianism Really, Really Wrong

2 Apr 20161 Apr 2016

If you’re the sort of person who believes bacon makes everything better, then a study that made headlines this week claiming a vegetarian diet can kill you was probably a…

Noam Chomsky: Charlie Hebdo outrage demonstrates West’s double standard on terrorism

21 Jan 201520 Jan 2015

Americans and other westerners ignore atrocities committed by their own governments because government officials and the media have a narrow definition of terrorism, said Noam Chomsky. By Travis Gettys|Raw Story…