A Top Science Journal Fired Its Editor Over a Pro-Palestinian Tweet. He Has No Regrets.
Michael EisenAndy Reynolds Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The tweet that got Michael Eisen fired as editor-in-chief of a prestigious science journal seems less provocative with each passing day. On October 13, less than a week after Hamas’ cold-blooded rampage near the Gaza-Israel border, satirical…
How a Retiree Rallied Neighbors to Scuttle a Multistate Carbon Pipeline
Kathleen Campbell at her rural home just south of Springfield, Illinois. Courtesy Kathleen Campbell This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After half a decade of failed attempts, Kathleen Campbell thought 2021 would finally be the year she retired. That is—until she received a letter in…
Why Are So Many Studies Being Retracted?
Vito Ansaldi Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s been a hell of a year for science scandals. In July, Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a prominent neuroscientist, announced he would step down after an investigation, prompted by reporting by the Stanford Daily, found that…
Small Island Nations Take World’s Biggest Emitters to Court
Seawater encroachment from rising sea levels on the island of Funafuti, Tuvalu.Kyodo News/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In a landmark hearing, small island nations disproportionately affected by the climate crisis are taking on high-emitting countries in a court in Hamburg, Germany, in what is being…
Wait, Tampons Weren’t Being Tested With Human Blood?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Until last week, no study had ever been published that tested period products—tampons, pads, discs, cups, and underwear—using human blood. A team of four women just changed that. On August 7, Dr. Bethany Samuelson Bannow…
The Latest Congressional Hearing on UFOs Was Full of Wild Claims
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves, former intelligence official David Grusch, and retired Navy Commander David Fravor, testify before a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on UFOs.Nathan Howard/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, a House Oversight subcommittee held a highly anticipated hearing on “unidentified…