This ‘person,’ David Love, is definitely a spider. Female spiders possess structures in their reproductive tracts called spermathecae that are used to store sperm. Humans lack them, and…| Pharyngula
Remember when Megyn Kelly was deeply offended at the suggestion that Santa Claus wasn’t white? It’s an imaginary figure, yet she insisted he was white. Now she’s doing it again. J…| Pharyngula
RFK jr claimed over a month ago that this month they were going to find and announce the cause of autism. We all knew he was full of shit — he’s permanently full to the eyebrows with sh…| Pharyngula
A single shot was fired at Kirk during one of his rants at Utah Valley University, striking him in the neck. Apparently, he’s still alive. No automatic or semi-automatic fire? No bump stock? …| Pharyngula
There’s a new book out to defend science, titled uncreatively The War on Science, by Lawrence Krauss. The theme is nothing new: I’d recommend instead The War on Science by Shawn Otto, o…| Pharyngula
Within a month, we’ll know definitively what causes some forms of autism. RFK jr says so. We’re finding certain interventions now that are clearly, almost certainly causing autism, Kennedy sa…| Pharyngula
On an episode of “CNN NewsNight with Abby Philip,” the topic being discussed was a serious one: the Trump administration’s current program to purge the Smithsonian, and other museums, of exhi…| Pharyngula
I’m stewing in my own juices here — crippled, homebound, going stir crazy — and one of the things driving me nuts is the state of American media, since I’m stuck watching so…| Pharyngula
I told you that Brian Lauer is an ignorant buffoon, but you shouldn’t trust my opinion alone. Last night, Mark Reid and Dr. Dan worked over the same presentation and came to the same conclusi…| Pharyngula
I’d begun to forget that Jordan Peterson exists — does anyone still find him credible? — when potholer54 comes out with a new video demonstrating that he’s a pretentious foo…| Pharyngula
I ran across this ridiculous comment, and it struck me that the interesting thing isn’t that Joseph Martin is outright wrong, but that he presents his stupid ideas with such absolute confiden…| Pharyngula
Don’t you know? RFK jr is not anti-vax. He supports safe vaccines. News reports have claimed that I am anti-vaccine or anti-industry. I am neither. I am pro-safety, Kennedy said in his openin…| Pharyngula
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