Jan 30Want to Plant Those Fruit Tree Seeds? Let’s Talk About Genetics First.The fruit was delicious. That apple, peach, or pear — amazing. If only they could all be so good, and better yet, available in the backyard… We’ve all been there. As a kid, there was not a seed left unsprouted, most transferred among the petunias in my grandmother’s Chicago apartment…Fruits4 min readFruits4 min read
Jun 29, 2022Tractor Supply and Solutions for “Life In There”A Facebook Ad, a Major Retailer, a Stance on Abortion? Tractor Supply is that last store you pass as you exit an urban area. The store on the edge of civilization stocks a complete line of stuff for the rural consumer. As someone that lives out in the boonies, I…SCOTUS3 min readSCOTUS3 min read
Published in Student Reviews in Horticultural Physiology·May 1, 2022Physiological Challenges in Developing Hemp for the Florida Seed and Fiber Industry Under Current Climate PressureHannah Mather Overview Industrial hemp has once again become a popular multi-use crop, grown for its stem and seed to produce a wide array of products. Projections of increasing temperatures, partially induced by climate change, have encouraged industries to consider hemp as a low carbon and renewable resource. However, past…Climate Change15 min readClimate Change15 min read
Feb 4, 2022How Joe Rogan Can Help ScienceShouldn’t we be helping him embrace science rather than pulling his plug? The pitchforks and torches are out, and the digital mob has circled Spotify. Neil Young, a man espousing many non-scientific positions, has pulled his catalog from Spotify, while selflessly promoting his other online catalog. Other artists followed suit…Joe Rogan4 min readJoe Rogan4 min read
Sep 15, 2021Celebrities: Don’t Kill Your Fans!Bollocks Science Harms the Folks that Pay Your Bills Killing the folks that clamor for your product or service is a poor business model. It potently selects against repeat customers. In fact, the power users that most consume and promote your product tend to be the first to take the…Nicki Minaj3 min readNicki Minaj3 min read
Jul 13, 2021The Massive COVID19 Gain-of-Function Experiment — Are You Part of It?Critics of SARS-CoV2 research decry the use of the gain-of-function experiments used to study viruses. Such experiments are designed to test how changes in DNA sequence relate to enhanced activity of a gene product on biology, or in this case, the function of a virus. Mutation of viral DNA may…Vaccination2 min readVaccination2 min read
Jun 20, 2021Facebook: Science is Not Welcome Here?Removing False Information Only Works if the Information Removed is False I applaud social media’s attempts to keep it real. Bad science and bogus news poisons our ability to make informed decisions based on the best evidence, and an attempt to remove dangerous or confusing information is welcome. Many of…Glyphosate4 min readGlyphosate4 min read
Jan 27, 2021Colchicine and COVID19: Will a Press Release Cause More Problems than It Solves?The response from plant biologists was a unified “YIKES!” Colchicine? Really? That’s the stuff we use to wreck biology, or at least give its decedents too many chromosomes. A recent press release exclaimed the therapeutic effects of this regent in the treatment of COVID19. A clinical trial of 6000 planned…Colchicine4 min readColchicine4 min read
Jan 24, 2021Anti-Vaxer Wins the BattleYou Are Now Enlisted in Helping Science Win the War In a recent online event, a graphic was posted to introduce the speakers of a COVID19 vaccine panel. In the first 30 seconds a remotely-controlled cursor festooned the graphic with swastikas and grade-school-quality penis line art. The audio belched forth…Vaccination3 min readVaccination3 min read
Jan 18, 2021You Funded the COVID19 Disinformation DealersYour Tax Dollars Were Delivered to Anti-Vaccination Groups that Promote False Information about the Pandemic In the ultimate flourish of irony, the US government delivered Payroll Protection Program checks totaling over $850,000 to prominent entities that fueled spread of the virus. Notorious silos of disinformation received your tax dollars to…Covid 193 min readCovid 193 min read
