Articles and Publications

Without specific classes, students may leave college still unable to separate science from nonsense.

The combination of rice and beans is the trademark of Brazilian cuisine, with the “carioca” type of...

Holocaust denial mirrors the tactics of pseudoscience: distorting facts, ignoring context, and planting doubt...

From fruit flies to humans, research suggests gut bacteria, hormones, and even physical traits like...

George Washington’s death illustrates the dangers of pre-scientific medicine...

Decades of research say GMOs are safe. Reviews of nearly 1,800 studies and data from...

Natalia Pasternak reflects on museums, science and critical thinking.

One of Brazil’s largest newspapers, O Estado de Sao Paulo, created a furor in the scientific community after...

Organic foods are often marketed as safer, healthier, and more eco-friendly, but science shows otherwise...

So-called “integrative medicine” in Brazil and elsewhere is essentially a rebranding of alternative practices like...

Amber necklaces for babies, promoted as natural remedies for teething pain, are both useless and dangerous...

When we think about genetics, why is it almost automatic to focus on differences?

In the premiere of “The Last of Us,” a TV series based on the computer game of the same name, a fungus causes...

In January 2021, the then governor of the State of Sao Paulo – the wealthiest state in Brazil, and home of...

Claims that “there is no safe dose of pesticides” are scientifically unfounded. Toxicology shows that...

From parsley abortions to cucumber “cleanses,” jade eggs, and vaginal steaming, dangerous fads...

Homeopathy has been discredited worldwide: reviews in Australia, Spain, and the UK show it is no more effective than placebo...