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Mayor of an Italian town has ordered the WiFi be turned off in two of its schools due to heath fears 1 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1203
“Transparency” should not equal a license to harass scientists 1 HuckleB Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 1360
New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree 1 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1327
Kids' Miseducation Underway In Nation's First All-Organic, Non-GMO School District 2 HuckleB Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 1579
How MSG Got A Bad Rap: Flawed Science And Xenophobia 2 progressoid Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1359
Illuminati, chemtrails, Prince, Frank Zappa, etc. 5 Archae Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2235
A new genetically modified rice plant that produces virtually no greenhouse gas while it grows ... 1 HuckleB Jan 2016 Jan 2016 3 1337
Somehow, a Kickstarter Project to Protect You from Spooky “Signals” is Nearing Its Funding Goal 3 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1469
Somehow, a Kickstarter Project to Protect You from Spooky “Signals” is Nearing Its Funding Goal 3 DavidDvorkin Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1321
Thread gets started touting conspiracy theory about Chipotle and GMO's, gets locked... 4 Archae Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2407
BBC: "Police released images of some of the substances found in Mark Colborne's home address" 1 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1482
Gwyneth Paltrow is at it again. Bras cause cancer. 10 progressoid Oct 2015 Dec 2015 2 1958
Circumcision in the US was introduced to prevent masturbation 5 DetlefK Oct 2015 Dec 2015 2 1781
Michael Specter: The danger of science denial 0 progressoid Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1131
Dark Day For Science 1 progressoid Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1618
The worst anti-science websites on the web 5 Archae Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 1759
Last day or two of a PBS begathon today... 3 Archae Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1498
Anti-GMO Terror? Mail bombs sent to Mexican pro-GMO organization. 0 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1538
Psychological study: "On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit" 4 DetlefK Dec 2015 Dec 2015 3 2322
DUers Praising Putin And Organic Food, Using RT As A Source 1 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1175
The Ethics of Prescribing Worthless Treatments 1 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1180
No, Monsanto Is Not Going On Trial For Crimes Against Humanity 3 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1297
Breaking: Natural News put on trial for crimes against science, educide in The Hague 1 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 1541
Online-tools for debunking hoaxes and fakes 2 DetlefK Dec 2015 Dec 2015 8 1477
March Against Monsanto breathlessly reports on phony "tribunal" 3 Archae Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1378
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1002
The anti-vax crowd is back, repeating its usual debunked silliness. 0 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1146
A sad day for public science advocacy 2 HuckleB Nov 2015 Dec 2015 7 1667
Organic Industry Works To "Replace" Neonics With Even More Toxic Pesticides 2 HuckleB Oct 2015 Dec 2015 1 1797
Americans aren’t as anti-science as you might think 0 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 1 1217

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The anti-GMO crowd hits GD and Good Reads again. 2 HuckleB Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 1430
Another anti-vaccine bit hits "Good Reads." 0 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1287
Infographic: 20 Cognitive Biases That Screw Up Your Decisions 8 progressoid Oct 2015 Nov 2015 15 2323
I seem to have earned myself a stalker 4 Orrex Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1445
Anti-GMO conspiracy craziness is now running rampant at DU? 2 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1462
GOP war on science continues: Investigating NOAA Climate Science 2015 0 ffr Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1209
GMO food animals should be judged by product, not process, scientists say 1 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1211
Organic farming increases profits. And this is considered awesome at DU? 6 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1424
GMO Salmon Must Be To DU What Syrian Refugees Are To Freeperland 3 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1336
More anti-GMO silliness. 0 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1184
Latest book from the Bullshit Channel...I mean History Channel... 3 Archae Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1820
Organic Approved Pest Control Kills 90% Of Bumblebees It Contacts: Liverpool Study. 0 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1402
Paris Attacks Could Be ISIS Death Throes by Marc Simms 3 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 1348
Posting a "Russia Today" video from a fake on Multimedia... 2 Archae Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1373
Natural therapies: no clear evidence of health benefits, Australia government review finds 1 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1318
US Department of Justice Goes After Supplements 2 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1287
Another Food Movement Bomb Has Been Dropped In GD 6 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1963
How do so many fall for such blatant nonsense at DU? 3 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1448
Holy. Freaking. Hell. Now I have seen it all. 15 eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 Nov 2015 4 3646
How many Russia loving anti-GMO DUers are standing up for the cheaters now? 10 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1776
Anti-GMOers Spread Baseless Fear About Possibly Non Existent Monsanto Bananas. 2 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1774
The thing I don't get with GMO labeling, why is that one breeding method singled out? 5 Nailzberg Aug 2015 Nov 2015 1 1806
The Anti-GMO crowd is digging deep in GD Elections. 6 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1374
Vandana Shiva Achieves Amazing Feat Of Appropriating Her Own Culture 1 HuckleB Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1256
Another gem from Cracked.com 3 Orrex Oct 2015 Nov 2015 9 1661
Antivaccinationists and the Nation of Islam protest in front of the CDC, but don’t you dare call... 0 progressoid Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1192
Okay, Natural Nancy, PhD....satire or not? 8 Dr. Strange Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 3435
March Against Monsanto And Vaccines And Medical Science And... 3 HuckleB Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1662
This will be interesting. 0 progressoid Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1139
Another bullshit video from "Collective Evolution" has been posted in the "Multimedia" section... 0 Archae Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1512

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Emails expose anti-GM science for hire 3 HuckleB Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1598
Tree Lobsters #98 Side Effects 8 beam me up scottie Oct 2015 Oct 2015 7 1618
Cross-Posted from Creative Speculation 1 Orrex Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1233
I've come to a single conclusion regarding organic food, based on what I see first hand. 10 Archae Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 2161
The Singularty is...Rats! 5 pscot Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 1449
Stephen Hawking confirms: The problem is Capitalism, not robots! 0 no more banksters Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1264
Do You Eat Kitty Litter? 6 progressoid Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1717
Jamie Oliver Says Organic Is “Normal”, Gets Ass Handed to Him 5 progressoid Sep 2015 Oct 2015 2 1969
Uh Oh. Mercury is in retrograde! 7 progressoid Sep 2015 Oct 2015 1 1770
So now GMOs cause concussions. 8 progressoid Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1852
"We Basically Sell Poison" 3 Orrex Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1479
Fun new page on Facebook. OMG Fear USA! 0 HuckleB Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1347
GMOs and Junk Science 12 HuckleB Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2705
GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS COULD ELIMINATE FOOD POISONING 9 HuckleB Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1890
GMO Free USA Threatens Food Hunk For Parodies 4 HuckleB Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1857
The Role Of Organic Pesticides In California 0 HuckleB Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1448
Six Trendy New Health Foods that are Full of Crap 8 Orrex Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 2218
KEEP NATUROPATHY OUT OF THE VA, by Harriet Hall 0 HuckleB Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1226
Un-Boiled Egg Cracks 2015 Ig Nobel Awards List 4 Panich52 Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1661
11 Conspiracy Theories That Proved True 0 Panich52 Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1220
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