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Mar 1, 2023

If you have a favorable SourceWatch profile: there’s a good chance you are a crank

Anonymous fans of cranks and crankery write nice profiles of anti-vaxxers and germ-theory deniers

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Jan 5, 2022

How #organic crops can crash — and still never fail

Despite massive failures and extensive fraud, people still think some miracle of smaller yields will save the planet

How #organic crops can crash — and still never fail

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Jul 2, 2022

Organic fraud confirmed [again]

An industry rife with misinformation, grifting credulous consumers

Organic fraud confirmed [again]

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Mar 1, 2022

British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the anti-vax grifters driving their cred into the ground

I know — your first question is: which one this time?

British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the anti-vax grifters driving their cred into the ground

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Nov 30, 2021

Crankosphere: manipulating the media discourse, part one

When they can’t win on the science and in the legitimate journals, they write books and do films to connect their claims with red string…

Crankosphere: manipulating the media discourse, part one

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Oct 16, 2020

Support the Restoration of the American Chestnut

This comment has been submitted to the petition for the approval of the chestnut in the APHIS system. But it might take a couple of days…

Support the Restoration of the American Chestnut

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Feb 18, 2020

Duped by SourceWatch

Even an “investigative journalist” can’t tell truth from fiction at the site. How can the general public?

Duped by SourceWatch

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Dec 19, 2019

Top 5 Craziest Biotech Stories of 2019

Some seasonal snark from Team Science to help you usher in the new year

Top 5 Craziest Biotech Stories of 2019

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Dec 6, 2019

MAPOLI: “Heed the Science”

Massachusetts politicians are being inundated by misinformers; we need to add voices of support for vaccination requirements

MAPOLI: “Heed the Science”

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Oct 1, 2019

Full Transparency: I am Paul Thacker’s Fantasy Spy

And how a reporter gave a woman scientist’s information to her top abuser

Full Transparency: I am Paul Thacker’s Fantasy Spy

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Mary Mangan PhD is a genomics scientist, with credentials in microbiology, immunology, plant cell biology, and and molecular biology.

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