Science

Fred Singer — A giant of science has passed

Fred Singer was warm, good humored, kind, and spunky … but he was also deeply intelligent and wise. He would no doubt want us to carry on his fight, and that we intend to do.

By CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker |2020-04-07T22:53:04-04:00April 7th, 2020|Comments Off

Fly me to the Moon – and beyond!

Billionaires are fueling America's new push into space.

By CFACT Ed, Peter Murphy |2020-02-21T17:33:19-05:00February 11th, 2020|Comments Off

A Constructive Tomorrow: Cancer rates see largest single-year drop!

Since 1991, cancer deaths have declined by a whopping 29 percent!

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-01-22T22:59:59-05:00January 24th, 2020|Comments Off

Science! GMO’s are not the problem, they’re the answer!

On September 13, 2019 Cameron English posted the article, GMO, CRISPR-edited crops can cut pesticide use—if environmental activists do not block them. He explained that in 2017, the University of Florida plant geneticists Zhonglin Mou and Kevin Folta, announced a new method to fight common diseases in fruit plants. Their discovery could drastically reduce the use of fungicides if widely implemented by growers. Unfortunately, their methods may never be put to use as a result of the unwarranted controversy surrounding crop biotechnology. Scientists continue to make agriculture safer and more sustainable with the tools of modern genetics, but activists have waged [...]

By CFACT Ed, Rich Kozlovich, Dr. Jay Lehr |2019-12-31T11:43:10-05:00January 3rd, 2020|Comments Off

Showering with soap … made from straw?

Using biotechnology, scientists at the University of Portsmouth, along with other colleges in India, have developed a way to create a “bio-surfactant” by brewing rice straw with enzymes. Lather up!

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2019-10-06T21:41:30-04:00October 4th, 2019|Comments Off

Could transparent “wood” shatter use of glass for windows?

Believe it or not, windows made from wood are nearing commercial application.

By CFACT |2019-05-29T10:36:54-04:00April 19th, 2019|Comments Off

Fraudulent science deserves no place in court

Courts should bar evidence that fails to meet basic standards of honesty, integrity and credibility.

By Paul Driessen |2019-02-04T22:41:14-05:00February 5th, 2019|Comments Off

The International Space Station turns 20

As the International Space Station turns twenty, read President Reagan's speech "directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station and to do it within a decade."

By CFACT Ed |2018-11-24T11:58:18-05:00November 20th, 2018|Comments Off