/oss/taxonomy/term/859/all en /oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/enough-make-scientists-cry <p>People have been asking about a video by anti-vaxxer Del Bigtree who claims that the COVID-19 vaccines have not been properly tested, made animals deathly ill in trials, and are ineffective and dangerous for humans. I'm not going to share the video here because it is ludicrous. Bigtree is a notorious conspiracy theorist with no medical background who spouts banalities left and right. The video that is making the rounds is a collage of misinformation and outright lies.</p> Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:31:56 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8520 at /oss /oss/article/food/many-scientists-smell-rat-french-gmo-rat-study <p>A recent French study that purports to show a link between the consumption of genetically modified corn and a variety of ailments, including cancer, was just the tasty morsel that critics of genetically modified foods (GMOs) hungered for.  For many scientists, however, the study proved to be a source of indigestion.</p> <p> </p> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:42:04 +0000 OSS 1869 at /oss