https://wiki.nodesci.net/ 2026-05-02T12:10:45+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/ https://wiki.nodesci.net/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=favicon.ico text/html 2016-03-31T23:13:32+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=alessandro_nicolia&rev=1459466012&do=diff An overview of the last 10 years of genetically engineered crop safety research (2013) * PDF Editorials * Conversable Economist: The safety of bioengineered crops * Real Clear Science: Massive review reveals consensus on GMO safety * Skeptical Raptor: Review of 10 years of GMO research–no significant dangers Discussions * GMO Skepti-Forum discusses Nicolia review on Facebook text/html 2016-03-31T23:07:48+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=alison_van_eenennaam&rev=1459465668&do=diff * Van Eenennamm Lab * Her Twitter feed Editorials * CAST: Alison Van Eenennaam named 2014 Borlaug CAST Communication Award winner Prevalence and impacts of genetically engineered feedstuffs on livestock populations (2014) * Abstract Editorials * Forbes: The debate about GMO safety is over, thanks to a new trillion-meal study * NeuroLogica: 19 years of feeding animals GMO shows no harm * Science Daily: No sign of health or nutrition problems from GMO livestock feed, study finds… text/html 2016-03-31T21:51:12+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=arpad_pusztai&rev=1459461072&do=diff Bio Arpad Pusztai's homepage Effect of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine (1999) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * GMOs cause intestinal issues in rats. By Professor Parrott. * Analysis of Pusztai study on GM potatoes and their effect on rats. By Dr. Nina Fedoroff * Pusztai's flawed claims. Scholarly works * Review of data on possible toxicity of GM potatoes. Royal Society (1999). Discussions * G… text/html 2016-03-31T21:39:05+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=belin_mezzomo&rev=1459460345&do=diff Hematotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis as Spore-crystal Strains Cry1Aa,Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac or Cry2Aa in Swiss Albino Mice (2013) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * Biofortified: GMOs cause leukemia!? Think again. * Discover Blogs: Don’t let Mark Bittman cook your brain with bad science * Kevin Folta: GMOs and leukemia, debunkulated * Myles Power: Bad science in the paper ‘Hematotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis as Spore-crystal Strains Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac or Cry2Aa in Swiss… text/html 2016-03-31T22:18:07+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=bill_freese&rev=1459462687&do=diff Bio * Bill Freese's bio on the Center for Food Safety website Safety Testing and Regulation of Genetically Engineered Foods (2004) * PDF Counterpoints * An introduction to regulation from Colorado State Editorials * The safety assessment of transgenic plants in which gene expression has been modified by Bruce Chassy * Fedoroff Letter to EPA raises serious concerns over EPA blundering by David Tribe on Biofortified. Scholarly works * A letter to the editor on costs of regulatio… text/html 2016-04-29T03:26:26+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=biotechnology&rev=1461900386&do=diff * GMO Discussion Threads * Scientific Literature on GMOs * Scientific Literature Supporting the Scientific Consensus on GMOs text/html 2016-04-03T15:10:45+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=books&rev=1459696245&do=diff Book Suggestions Skepticism * Denialism by Michael Specter Food and Biotechnology * Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food by Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak * Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Food by Nina Federoff * Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food by Lisa Weasel * Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa by Robert Paarlberg * Pandora's Picnic Basket: The Pote… text/html 2016-03-31T20:03:16+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=charles_benbrook&rev=1459454596&do=diff Bio * Charles Benbrook on WSU Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S.: the first sixteen years (2012) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * Anastasia Bodnar: Response * Big Picture Agriculture: An evaluation of Benbrook’s pesticide use study and evolving super weeds * Biofortified: Does using GMOs really increase pesticide use? * Biofortified: The muddled debate about pesticides and GM crops * Control Freaks: Do genetically engineered crops re… text/html 2016-03-31T23:05:42+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=chelsea_snell&rev=1459465542&do=diff Assessment of the health impact of GM plant diets in long-term and multigenerational animal feeding trials: A literature review (2011) * Reference Editorials * Cami Ryan: No long term effects of GMO consumption: a review article by Snell et al… * GMO Answers: I was just wondering if all the scientists who test the long terms safety issues of gmos work for Monsanto? text/html 2016-03-31T21:04:30+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=consumers_union&rev=1459458270&do=diff Critical Reviews * DEDICATED THREAD: 'Good publications gone bad - Consumer Reports' Editorials * Cancel your Consumer Reports subscription: the inmates are running the asylum! text/html 2016-03-31T20:36:15+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=david_suzuki&rev=1459456575&do=diff Bio * David Suzuki Foundation website * Wikipedia: David Suzuki Critical Reviews Editorials * GMO Answers: David Suzuki says... * GMO Answers: Can this site include more studies from the growing number of geneticists against GMO foods?... * Real Agriculture: David Suzuki gets challenged by actual scientists in Australia Discussions * Biofortified thread on David Suzuki, part 1 * Biofortified thread on David Suzuki, part 2 * GMO Skepti-Forum discusses David Suzuki on Faceboo… text/html 2016-03-31T21:30:43+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=don_huber&rev=1459459843&do=diff Critical Reviews * Cami Ryan: Infecting through misinformation…a new kind of communication pathogen? * BioFortified: Extraordinary claims… require extraordinary evidence. * Glyphosate’s Impact on Field Crop Production and Disease Development * Use Facts to Make Glyphosate and Glyphosate Resistant Crop Decisions * A Generous Offer to Dr. Huber -Turned Down * The Fanning Mill: Deconstructing Don Huber – A Tale of Two Talks text/html 2016-05-29T18:34:24+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=energy_and_environment&rev=1464546864&do=diff Facebook Threads Dedicated Threads * to neonictinoids Climate Change * Climate Change - No moderation is to be used in this thread- unless people are personally being insulted. Myths, Misconceptions, Debunking * 'What are the most common myths and misconceptions spread by deniers of anthropogenic climate change? What is the most solid evidence against these claims?' Scientific Consensus * Skeptical Science and the 97% consensus paper * Global warming evidence - On if the earth … text/html 2016-03-31T21:14:21+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=ensser&rev=1459458861&do=diff Bio * ENSSER website * Genetic Literacy Project: ENSSER facts * Angelika Hilbeck's CV Critical Reviews Editorials * Alerte Environnement: Etude Anti-Ogm de Séralini : les petits soldats de la Fondation pour le progrès de l’homme (in French but with graphics) * Public Research and Regulation Initiative letter to Commissioner Dalli * ENSSER's rebuttal * Scientific American: Golden Rice opponents should be held accountable for health problems linked to Vitamin A deficiency Scho… text/html 2016-03-31T21:22:20+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=environmental_working_group&rev=1459459340&do=diff Bio * Environmental Working Group website Critical Reviews * Capitalism Magazine: Behind the Environmental Working Group * Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise: Letter to the IRS regarding Environmental Working Group * Debunkosaurus: Environmental Working Group * Personal Care Truth or Scare: The hypocrisy of using scare tactics to impact public policy * Personal Care Truth or Scare: The revealing truth of the money trail of EWG * Open Secrets: Lobbyists representing Enviro… text/html 2016-03-31T23:09:29+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=european_commission&rev=1459465769&do=diff A decade of EU-funded GMO research (2010) * PDF Editorials * Press release: Commission publishes compendium of results of EU-funded research on genetically modified crops * PAEPARD: A decade of EU-funded GMO research (2001 - 2010) * Western Farm Press: GMO research again points to safety of biotechnology text/html 2016-05-29T22:22:01+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=facebook_rules_principles&rev=1464560521&do=diff Welcome We operate under a community-moderated model and expect our members to speak up when they observe others not interacting according to the rules and principles. These serve as a general idea of the culture we promote in our forums. If there is ever any doubt, you can ask a moderator. Our current network of groups and projects can be found text/html 2016-04-03T16:06:45+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=fluoride&rev=1459699605&do=diff Scientific Literature on Fluoride Bone Damage The following studies show no correlation between fluoridation and bone density or bone cancers. * Effects of life-long fluoride intake on bone measures of adolescents: a prospective cohort study (2014) (Abstract only) * Is fluoride a risk factor for bone cancer? Small area analysis of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma diagnosed among 0-49-year-olds in Great Britain, 1980-2005 (2014) (Abstract only) * Fluoride in drinking water and osteosarcom… text/html 2016-03-31T20:13:15+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=food_and_water_watch&rev=1459455195&do=diff Bio * Food and Water Watch official site * Food and Water Watch on Wikipedia * Food and Water Watch on Charity Navigator (good) Critical Reviews Editorials * Food and Water Watch staff bios (note qualifications) * Big Green Radicals: Food and Water Watch Discussions * GMO Skepti-Forum discusses anti-GMO NGOs on Facebook Food and Water Watch: Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on AquaBounty Salmon (2014) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * text/html 2016-03-31T22:03:46+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=gilles-eric_seralini&rev=1459461826&do=diff Bio * Wikipedia: Gilles-Eric Séralini * Rational Wiki: Gilles-Eric Séralini * GMO Skepti-Forum discussion on Facebook Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize (2012) * Reference Retracted Seralini paper - pdf file (2012) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * GMO corn gives rats cancer. By Professor Parrott. * Wikipedia: The Seralini Affair * Cami Ryan: I smell a rat. * Skeptico:The Seralini Rule * Myles Power: Dri… text/html 2016-05-30T20:11:05+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=gmo_discussion_threads&rev=1464639065&do=diff These links will direct you to social media groups providing useful discussions covering GMO issues. For example, the Facebook groups GMO Skepti-Forum (Need to be a member to view) and GMO Science Forum (Fully public). GMO SF Q&A Sessions * Chris MacDonald Q&A on ETHICS and LABELING * Robert Wager Q&A * Kevin Folta Q&A **Begins Sunday February 16th, 2014 8:00am Pacific / 11:00am Eastern** * Arctic Apples Q&A **Begins Monday February 17th, 2014** * Biology Fortified Q&A with Karl Haro… text/html 2016-03-31T22:19:56+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=gmwatch&rev=1459462796&do=diff See also: Henry Rowlands Critical Reviews Editorials * The Progressive Contrarian: More anti-GMO dishonesty: GMWatch selectively edits * The GM crop risk-benefit debate: science and socio-economics (2012) (see p. 55) * SpinWatchWatch:Normal for Norfolk * SpinWatchWatch: GM Watch deny links to Andy Rowell * SpinWatchWatch: How Zac Goldsmith bought the Green Movement * Spiked: Humanising politics – that is my only agenda Scholarly works * Corbyn, Zoe. 2005. Public-good science b… text/html 2016-03-31T20:24:14+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=greenpeace&rev=1459455854&do=diff Bio * Greenpeace website * Greenpeace on Charity Navigator (Mostly good) Critical Reviews Editorials * Biofortified: Greenpeace goes after Australian Wheat * Forbes: Green groups go to war on scientific reform in Europe * New York Times: Peru is indignant after Greenpeace makes its mark on ancient site * Patrick Moore (cofounder of Greenpeace): Environmentalism has become a religion * Spiked: Just how ‘charitable’ is Greenpeace? * Washington Post: Greenpeace just kidding abou… text/html 2016-05-29T18:55:37+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=health&rev=1464548137&do=diff General * Dr. Michael Greger M.D. * Information Source Discussion * Using Harlan Sprague Dawley rats in research * The Human Microbiome * Antibiotic pipeline * The Placebo/Nocebo Effect * Antidepressant efficacy specifically Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) * Innovations in Pharmaceutical Industry * Adderall as a performance-enhancing drug * What if your niche market is poverty? Sovaldi, Hepatitis C, and money * SSRIs, Black Box warnings, and violence * Her… text/html 2016-03-31T22:56:39+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=henry_rowlands&rev=1459464999&do=diff Posts by Henry Rowlands on Sustainable Pulse * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * Genetic Literacy Project: Henry Rowlands, organic movement’s cyber mastermind behind anti-GMO websites Discussions * GMO Skepti-Forum discusses Sustainable Pulse articles on Facebook here and here Other useful information * Rowlands' associated nonprofit, GM Watch, has a text/html 2016-03-31T22:11:01+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=jeffrey_smith&rev=1459462261&do=diff Bio * Wikipedia on Jeffrey Smith * Institute for Responsible Technology homepage Can Genetically-Engineered Foods Explain the Exploding Gluten Sensitivity? (2013) * Reference (Note: Access requires entering an email address) Critical Reviews Editorials * Academics Review: Yogic Flying and GM Foods- The Wild Theories of Jeffrey Smith * Academics Review: Genetic Roulette * Academics Review: Letter to Dr. Oz show producers (on Jeffrey Smith) by Bruce Chassy, PhD * BioFortified: … text/html 2016-03-31T23:04:03+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=jian_duan&rev=1459465443&do=diff A meta-analysis of effects of Bt crops on honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (2008) * Reference Discussions * GMO Skepti-Forum discusses Bt and bees on Facebook text/html 2016-03-31T22:31:47+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=john_fagan_michael_antoniou&rev=1459463507&do=diff Bio * Michael Antoniou's CV * Michael Antoniou's profile on the ASSET 2014 GM debate (debate not available) Critical Reviews Editorials * Biofortified: Greenpeace goes after Australian wheat * Farm Progress: Checking up on Earth Open Source's anti-GMO stance * Michael Antoniou's profile on CRIIGEN * RationalWiki: John Fagan Discussions * GMO Skepti-Forum discussion of Michael Antoniou on Facebook Other useful information * Earth Open Source claims to be a nonprofit with a… text/html 2016-03-31T20:28:09+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=john_losey&rev=1459456089&do=diff Transgenic corn harms monarch larvae (1999) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * GMO corn kills monarch butterflies. By Professor Parrott. * Monarchs safe from Bt. By Tom Clarke in Nature. * Sorting through the butterfly/Bt pollen issues. By John Wedberg. Regulatory issues * Commercial status of Event 176 corn. Scholarly works * Temporal and spatial overlap between monarch larvae and corn pollen (2001). Oberhauser et al. * Impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly … text/html 2016-03-31T21:37:04+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=joseph_mercola&rev=1459460224&do=diff Critical Reviews * Quackwatch 'FDA Orders Dr. Joseph Mercola to Stop Illegal Claims' * Rational Wiki 'Joseph Mercola' * Science-Based Medicine 'For shame, Dr. Oz, for promoting Joseph Mercola on your show!' * Respectful Insolence 'Joe Mercola: 15 years of promoting quackery' * Respectful Insolence 'A fungus among us in oncology?' * Science-Based Medicine '9 Reasons to Completely Ignore Joseph Mercola' * Respectful Insolence 'Joe Mercola: Proof positive that quackery sells' * Res… text/html 2016-03-31T21:03:16+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=judy_carman&rev=1459458196&do=diff A long-term toxicology study on pigs fed a combined genetically modified (GM) soy and GM maize diet. (2013) * Reference Critical Reviews * More bad science in the service of anti-GMO activism * From ‘I smell a rat’ to ‘when pigs fly’, bad science makes its rounds * Random Rationality: Pigs, GMOs & Bullshit * Mark Lynas GMO pigs study – more junk science * Latest anti-gmo study: More bullshit. * Violent Metaphors: GMO study is pseudoscience * Denialism Blog: Pollan and Bittman,… text/html 2016-03-31T20:47:25+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=luiz_zobiole&rev=1459457245&do=diff Glyphosate affects chlorophyll, nodulation and nutrient accumulation of “second generation” glyphosate-resistant soybean (Glycine max L.) (2011) (Abstract only) * Reference Counterpoints Editorials * Biofortified: Does glyphosate restrict crop mineral uptake? * Iowa State University Extension on Roundup Ready and micronutrients * Monsanto: Crop Protection Update on glyphosate and micronutrients * University of Minnesota Extension on chlorosis in Roundup Ready crops Scholarly works… text/html 2016-03-31T22:42:28+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=mae-wan_ho&rev=1459464148&do=diff Bio * Wikipedia: Mae-Wan Ho Critical Reviews Editorials * AgBioWorld: Mae-Wan Ho * Kevin Folta shares an exchange with Mae-Wan Ho * RationalWiki: Mae-Wan Ho * Ttguy: Mae-Wan Ho’s claimed credentials Discussions * GMO Skepti-Forum discusses an article by Mae-Wan Ho on Facebook Other useful information * Mae-Wan Ho claims to be associated with the University of Catania and Open University, but is not searchable on either Catania or Open University. Open University maintains t… text/html 2016-03-31T21:35:04+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=manuela_malatesta&rev=1459460104&do=diff Bio Manuela Malatesta's CV Ultrastructural analysis of testes from mice fed on genetically modified soybean (2004) * Reference Ultrastructural analysis of pancreatic acinar cells from mice fed on genetically modified soybean (2002) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * Opinion article by Myles Power (Scroll down to see Malatesta discussion) text/html 2016-03-31T20:58:23+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=mark_bittman&rev=1459457903&do=diff Bio * Mark Bittman's site * Wikipedia: Mark Bittman Critical Reviews * Center for Consumer Freedom: Scaremongers to consumers: just take our word for it * Denialism: Pollan and Bittman, the Morano and Milloy of GMO anti-science * Time: The new Food Police are out of touch Leave ‘Organic’ Out of It (2014) (opinion article) * Reference Critical Reviews * Discover: The GMO fear train has left the station * Forbes: The New York Times food writer who is always out to lunch Che… text/html 2016-03-31T21:48:21+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=mehmet_oz&rev=1459460901&do=diff Bio * Dr. Oz: Official site * Wikipedia: Mehmet Oz Critical Reviews Editorials * CBS: Dr. Oz defends weight-loss advice at Senate hearing on diet scams * CNN: Senate grills Dr. Oz * Discover: Calling Dr. Oz: defend alt-med on Skeptics' Guide * Doctors in Oz: Website dedicated to collecting stories of healthcare professionals and their clients who have been misled by Dr. Oz * Forbes: Dr. Oz And Mr. Hyde: what medicine should learn from Mehmet * Free Thought Blogs: How does Dr.… text/html 2016-03-31T22:22:38+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=michael_pollan&rev=1459462958&do=diff Bio * Michael Pollan's website * Michael Pollan on Wikipedia Critical Reviews Editorials * American Enterprise Institute: The Omnivore’s Delusion * Berkeley Science Review: Good science isn’t bad for our diet: a critique of Michael Pollan’s food politics * Biofortified: In defense of corn * Brad Wilson: Debunking Michael Pollan's “corn subsidy” argument (YouTube video) * Denialism: Pollan and Bittman, the Morano and Milloy of GMO anti-science * Discover: A refreshing, freshly… text/html 2016-03-31T20:48:33+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=mike_adams&rev=1459457313&do=diff Critical Reviews * DEDICATED THREAD: 'Mike Adams and Natural News' * Natural News on Wikipedia * Natural News on Rational Wiki * Keith Kloor 'Mike Adams, Monsanto, Nazis, and a Very Disturbing Article' * Keith Kloor 'Mike Adams Escalates his Ugly Anti-GMO Campaign' * Keith Kloor 'Mike Adams Capitalizes on the Myth Spread by Vandana Shiva' * Paul Raeburn - Knight Science Journalism MIT 'Are these science writers and publications facing death threats for covering GMOs?' * Steve No… text/html 2016-03-31T20:39:09+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=nassim_taleb&rev=1459456749&do=diff Bio * Wikipedia: 'Nassim Nicholas Taleb' The Precautionary Principle: Fragility and Black Swans from Policy Actions (2014, Nassim Nicholas Taleb) * Reference Critical Reviews * GMO Skepti-Forum on Facebook: Nassim Taleb's Precautionary Principle Paper * Nassim Nicholas Taleb challenges “pro-GMO” people to challenge his anti-GMO theory * Debunking Denialism: Choking the Black Swan: GM Crops and Flawed Safety Concerns * Anti-GMO Statistician Nassim N. Taleb ‏Responds to Criticism … text/html 2016-03-31T23:11:48+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=national_research_council&rev=1459465908&do=diff * National Research Council homepage * Wikipedia: National Research Council (United States) Impact of genetically engineered crops on farm sustainability in the United States (2010) * Book reference * Executive summary available here Editorials * Penn State Animal Science: Genetically engineered crops benefit many farmers * Science Daily: Genetically engineered crops benefit many farmers, but the technology needs proper management to remain effective, report suggests Safety of g… text/html 2016-04-03T14:48:12+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=nodes_of_science_principles_for_mutual_discussion&rev=1459694892&do=diff Node's of Science Principles for Mutual Discussion " Our Principles for Mutual Discourse is a guiding document offering direction for our various forums across networks as well as for any other communities wishing to use these ideas for their own groups. While rules are typically binary and difficult to apply to diverse forums with unique cultures and purposes, principles offer a goal for which to aim. The principles in this document provide a foundation upon which those interested can have a … text/html 2016-03-31T22:48:34+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=organic_consumers_association&rev=1459464514&do=diff Millions against Monsanto, Ronnie Cummins * Organic Consumers Association website * Organic Consumers Association on Wikipedia Critical Reviews Editorials * Activist Facts: Organic Consumers Association * Activist Facts: Ronnie Cummins * Biofortified: The Organic Consumer Association: Progressive activists or organic astroturf? * Charity Navigator Rating of OCA: 4/4 financial, 1/4 transparency * Western Farm Press: Get to know the anti-biotech crowd Satire * Millions for Mo… text/html 2016-04-03T15:07:43+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=podcasts&rev=1459696063&do=diff Podcast Suggestions * Skeptical Software Tools list of podcasts * Science for the people * The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe * Skeptiles * Token Skeptic * Skeptunes * Skepticality * Strange Frequencies Radio * Monster Talk * Trolling With Logic text/html 2016-05-29T18:53:48+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=psychology&rev=1464548028&do=diff Cognitive Biases * Myside bias, rational thinking, and intelligence " Myside bias occurs when people evaluate evidence, generate evidence, and test hypotheses in a manner biased toward their own prior opinions and attitudes. Research across a wide variety of myside bias paradigms has revealed a somewhat surprising finding regarding individual differences. The magnitude of the myside bias shows very little relation to intelligence. Avoiding myside bias is thus one rational thinking skill tha… text/html 2016-05-29T18:45:20+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=public_science_issues&rev=1464547520&do=diff * Skepticism * Biotechnology * Vaccines * Psychology * Fluoride * Health * Energy and Environment * Sex and Gender * Veterinary * The official Food and Farm Discussion Lab Archive text/html 2016-03-31T21:32:14+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=samuel_leblanc_aziz_aris&rev=1459459934&do=diff Maternal and fetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Aris A. Leblanc S. * Reference Critical Reviews * GMO Skepti-Forum on Facebook discussion * BioFortified: There’s no Bt in your blood * Cami Ryan: GMOs Toxins and unborn babies… a deeper examination of the study. * David Tribe: If you record noise, you don't get music --- you get nonsense. * FSANZ response to study linking Cry1Ab protein in blood to GM foods … text/html 2016-03-31T22:13:28+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=sandor_spisak&rev=1459462408&do=diff Complete Genes May Pass from Food to Human Blood (2013) * Reference Critical Reviews * “I think there's a simpler explanation” by Rich Lusk * There may be plant DNA floating in your blood (but that's OK). By John Runions. text/html 2016-05-29T19:07:53+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=science_communication&rev=1464548873&do=diff * Science Communication Discussion Threads * Social Media Strategy * Podcasts * Books * Skepti-Forum's Q&As text/html 2016-04-03T16:31:43+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=science_communication_discussion_threads&rev=1459701103&do=diff These links will direct you to social media groups providing useful discussions covering science communication. For example, Science Communication Outreach and Science Media Skepti-Forum * Scientific Literature Researching Science Communication * Science Communicator Toolbox: Which tools help you communicate and research science? * Science Communication Websites, Databases, Collections, and Organisations * Bloggers Communicating Science: Share their profiles, websites, and notable artic… text/html 2016-03-31T23:14:15+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=scientific_literature_on_gmos&rev=1459466055&do=diff Prominent GMO Critics Environmental claims Charles Benbrook * Charles Benbrook is chief scientist of the Organic Center in Oregon, wrote a much-quoted paper claiming that transgenic crops increase pesticide use. Food and Water Watch * Food and Water Watch is an NGO interested in a range of topics including not only GMOs but irradiation and nanotechnology. Recent campaigns include activism on AquaBounty's transgenic salmon. text/html 2016-03-31T18:58:10+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=scientific_literature_supporting_the_scientific_consensus_on_gmos&rev=1459450690&do=diff Environment Impact of genetically engineered crops on farm sustainability in the United States (2010) * Book reference * Executive summary available here Editorials * Penn State Animal Science: Genetically engineered crops benefit many farmers * Science Daily: Genetically engineered crops benefit many farmers, but the technology needs proper management to remain effective, report suggests A meta-analysis of effects of Bt crops on honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (2008) * Referenc… text/html 2016-05-29T18:41:44+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=sex_and_gender&rev=1464547304&do=diff Sex and biology * Cuddle hormones * Evolution of sex * “Gay genes” * Human sex pheromones * “Sex at Dawn” book discussion * Sex determination in nature * Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology * Vaginal flora * Weird animal mating rituals Sexual health and human physiology * AIDS denialism * G-spot anatomy and physiology * Herpes * HIV vaccines * HPV vaccines * Menstrual cups * Pregnancy and sex drive * Prostate anatomy and physiology Feminism and gender i… text/html 2016-03-31T22:15:37+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=siriporn_thongprakaisang&rev=1459462537&do=diff Glyphosate induces human breast cancer cells growth via estrogen receptors (2013) * Reference (Abstract only) Counterpoints Editorials * Response from Monsanto Official reports and scholarly works * Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) Tier 1 in vitro assays indicate glyphosate does not interact with estrogen and androgen receptors nor inhibit steroidogenesis (2013) (Abstract from poster presentation) * Glyphosate EPA OSRI report Discussions * GMO SkeptiForum discussion… text/html 2016-05-29T18:15:51+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=skepti-forum_s_community_moderation_document&rev=1464545751&do=diff On August 28, 2014 we adopted a new community moderation policy. This document more fully describes our collective vision of what this means. You also contribute to our collective vision. You can help make this document better by adding to it, as shortcomings in this approach emerge and require creative solutions. There is a thread for discussing the document text/html 2016-05-29T22:24:26+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=skepti-forum_s_new_member_guide&rev=1464560666&do=diff Skepti-Forum Facebook Guide Hi there! Welcome to Skepti-Forum's Facebook guide. If you are joining one of our Facebook groups, this guide will help you understand and navigate the Skepti-Forum network. First of all, you should read through our Facebook Rules & Principles. Our Facebook groups are quite different than other Facebook groups, so these rules will help you get a clear idea of our culture works. Next, Skepti-Forum is a large network of several projects. Here you can find a director… text/html 2016-05-29T18:07:43+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=skepti-forum_s_principle_s_for_mutual_discourse&rev=1464545263&do=diff Our Four Principles for Mutual Discourse: 1. Always Improve the Discussion 2. Stay Tidy 3. Strive for a Mutual Exchange 4. Participate in the Community Welcome Purpose of Principles for Mutual Discourse Our Principles for Mutual Discourse is a guiding document offering direction for our various forums across networks as well as for any other communities wishing to use these ideas for their own groups. While rules are typically binary and difficult to apply to diverse forums with unique cu… text/html 2016-05-29T19:08:20+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=skepti-forum_s_q_as&rev=1464548900&do=diff Here you can find our list of previous Q&As we've had with guest speakers from a range of issues. Environment and Energy Q&As Open; anyone can view * Climate change - John Cook GMO Q&As Closed group; you must join to view. All are welcome! * Ethics and labeling - Dr. Chris MacDonald, business ethicist * Bad science and public education on GMOs - Robert Wager, Vancouver Island University * Genetic engineering and science communication - Dr. Kevin Folta, horticulturist and science co… text/html 2016-05-29T19:01:02+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=skepticism&rev=1464548462&do=diff What is skepticism? * A Skeptical Manifesto Websites * Science-Based Medicine * I Fucking Hate Pseudoscience * Skeptics Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for scientific skepticism. * Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Scientific and other Literature * Myside bias, rational thinking, and intelligence Myside bias occurs when people evaluate evidence, generate evidence, and test hypotheses in a manner biased toward their own prior opinions and attitudes. Research across a w… text/html 2016-04-03T15:51:30+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=skepticism_discussion_threads&rev=1459698690&do=diff These links will direct you to social media groups providing useful discussions covering skepticism. For example, The Skeptical Science Hub and Scientechnology * What are some thoughts on 'Scientism'? * Geoengineering and Chemtrails (Rosalind Peterson YouTube video) * Do you believe the scientific method cannot be applied to everything? Is there one such thing as scientism? * What exactly is DNA? * Is it a form of science denialism to dismiss sciences such as psychology? * Argumentu… text/html 2016-05-29T22:15:30+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=social_media_strategy&rev=1464560130&do=diff General Strategies for Mutual Discourse * How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently * Knocking Down a Steel Man: How to Argue Better Philosophy * Nodes of Science Principles for Mutual Discussion * The Universal Rules of Civilized Discourse * Discourse Community Guidelines * Grumblebee's Rules of Order (For Himself) * Wikipedia:The Rules of Polite Discourse * Polya's "Moral Qualities of the Scientist" * Intellectua… text/html 2016-05-29T21:53:39+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=start&rev=1464558819&do=diff Welcome to our Nodes of Science Wiki Nodes of Science is a collaborative science communication and outreach network promoting skeptical inquiry and scientific reasoning throughout social media. We emphasise mutual, evidence-based discourse while exploring public science issues and challenging misinformation. Our community uses contemporary research on science communication to re-evaluate our own intuitions, assumptions, and approaches. A continuing discussion of evidence-based strategies gives … text/html 2016-03-31T21:52:49+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=stephanie_seneff&rev=1459461169&do=diff Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases (2013) * Reference Critical Reviews * GMO Skepti-Forum on Facebook 'DEDICATED THREAD: Stephanie Seneff' * Discover blogger Keith Kloor stumbles into nest of questionable studies and reporting on GMOs and multiple ailments. * Stephanie Seneff: Following the Geiers dumpster-diving in the VAERS database * Navigating the agricultural biotech minefield: When … text/html 2016-03-31T23:01:49+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=thierry_vrain&rev=1459465309&do=diff Bio Thierry Vrain's CV Two open letters by Thierry Vrain No anti-GMO scholarly works known Thierry Vrain's TEDx talk * Video Critical Reviews Editorials * Vrain and Chopra CFI Handout * Real Science vs Pseudo-science on GMOs by Robert Wager. * Science is Not About Opinions by Russell Easy. Scholarly works * An overview of the last ten years of genetically engineered crop safety (2013) Discussions * GMO SkeptiForum discussion of Thierry Vrain on Facebook Other useful inform… text/html 2016-03-31T21:00:29+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=thomas_bohn&rev=1459458029&do=diff Compositional differences in soybeans on the market: Glyphosate accumulates in Roundup Ready GM soybeans (2013) * Reference Critical Reviews * Amelia Jordan at Skeptiforum.org * GMO Skepti-Forum thread on Facebook * Bill Price on BioFortified's forum * Reddit discussion on the study * GMO Skepti-Forum thread on Facebook discussing both the publishes criticisms and the authors replies * Comments on the recently published study: “Compositional differences in soybeans on the market… text/html 2016-03-31T20:44:34+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=union_of_concerned_scientists&rev=1459457074&do=diff Bio * Wikipedia 'Union of Concerned Scientists' Critical Reviews Editorials * BioFortified 'Union of Concerned Scientists: GE crops have NOT decreased yields' * BioFortified 'The Union of Concerned Scientists and Scientific Consensus' * Genetic Literacy Project 'Does the Union of Concerned Scientists’s Doug Gurian-Sherman misrepresent GMOs?' * Random Rationality: The Union of Concerned Trolls * Science 2.0: It's been a bad decade for Union Of Concerned Scientists Discussions *… text/html 2016-05-29T19:15:32+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=vaccines&rev=1464549332&do=diff Scientific Literature * The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Vaccine Education Center Discussion Threads on Vaccines * Vaccine Skepti-Forum's mega meme thread * Aborted Fetal & Animal Tissue * Autism & Vaccines * Boosters: Adults & Vaccines * CDC Whistleblower Discussion * Delayed Vaccination * Ethics of Vaccination * Flu Vaccine Myths * Exemptions and Impact on Society * Herd Immunity * HPV: Developer Comes Clean Article * HPV: General Vaccine Discussion * Imm… text/html 2016-03-31T22:26:23+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=vandana_shiva&rev=1459463183&do=diff Bio * Vandana Shiva's official site * Vandana Shiva on Wikipedia * Publication list from Vandana Shiva's site * Vandana Shiva CV The future of food: countering globalisation and recolonisation of Indian agriculture (2004) * PDF Globalisation and threat to seed security: Case of transgenic cotton trials in India (1999) * PDF Critical Reviews Editorials text/html 2016-03-31T21:29:08+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=vani_hari&rev=1459459748&do=diff Bio * Food Babe blog * Wikipedia: Vani Hari * Charlotte Observer: Charlotte’s Food Babe has lots of fans – and some critics * Chicago Business: How the Food Babe makes money Critical Reviews Editorials * Banned by the Food Babe: Our response to Food Babe's response to her critics * Center for Consumer Freedom: “Food Babe” declared “the Jenny McCarthy of Food” * The Curious Wavefunction: The problem with Food Babe * Farmer's Daughter: Food Babe 101 * Forbes: Quackmail- why y… text/html 2016-05-29T18:45:53+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=veterinary&rev=1464547553&do=diff Cetaceans and Aquariums * Orcas and captivity * Discussion of 'Debunking falsehoods, misinformation: 10 reasons to support the Vancouver Aquarium' * Discussion of “Blackfish” Responds To SeaWorld's 69 Critiques Canines * The Myth of the Alpha Dog Meta Threads * Helpline Q&A Thread text/html 2016-03-31T21:07:29+00:00 https://wiki.nodesci.net/doku.php?id=z_el-shamei&rev=1459458449&do=diff Histopathological Changes in Some Organs of Male Rats Fed on Genetically Modified Corn (Ajeeb YG) (2012) * Reference Critical Reviews Editorials * 600+ published safety assessments, by David Tribe on GMO Pundit. Scholarly works * A 90-day subchronic feeding study of genetically modified maize expressing Cry1Ac-M protein in Sprague–Dawley rats (2012) (Abstract only) * Subchronic feeding study of DAS-59122-7 maize grain in Sprague-Dawley rats (2007) (Abstract only) Other useful info…