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J. Scott Turner
August 4, 2026
The Science Abundance Gospel
For 75 years, Washington has preached that science needs more government. The White House still believes it.
July 16, 2026
WATCH: Is There Room for Teleology?
Why did modern biology put up a stop sign in front of questions of purpose? Michael Flannery revisits one of evolutionary biology’s oldest debates.
May 19, 2026
WATCH: Jim Condon Fights Back Against Cancellation—and Wins
But the scientific establishment shows little sign of genuine reform.
April 28, 2026
Trump Shakes Up the National Science Board
Trump’s termination of all 24 NSB members is less an attack on science than a break from its politicization.
April 23, 2026
Sometimes Science Needs A Brilliant Bastard
Difficult personalities often advance research, but today’s universities drive them out.
April 22, 2026
Virtue by Tick Bite
And problems with vegetarianism and moral depravity.
March 6, 2026
Reversing the EPA’s Endangerment Finding Won’t Stop the ‘Green’ Agenda in Your Town
Just ask Syracuse’s tree-planting mayor.
February 13, 2026
10,000 PhDs
A closer look at the alleged STEM ‘exodus’ reveals not a national emergency, but a government-engineered surplus decades in the making.
February 6, 2026
Should Faculty SAT Scores Be Public?
After decades in higher education, I’ve reconsidered what accountability should look like.
January 27, 2026
“Science Under Siege” Under Siege
Michael Mann and Peter Hotez fight an imaginary war on science.
January 20, 2026
American Universities Need a New Defense
Just not the defense former Columbia University president thinks they need.
November 18, 2025
Scientists Walk Happily Into the Federal Funding Trap
November 10, 2025
Bursting the Scopes Trial Bubble
September 3, 2025
Short Take: Science Has a Publicist
August 26, 2025
The War on mRNA—Apocalypse Imminent?
August 8, 2025
Federal Judge Upholds NSF Grant Terminations, Bolstering Trump’s Science Agenda
July 30, 2025
NIH’s New Rules Try to Curb Tech Abuses but Miss the Structural Rot in Research Funding
June 27, 2025
The Scopes Trial Centenary: Evolution and Culture in 1920s America
June 25, 2025
WATCH: Science Gets Bad Budget News, Filling In the Details of Out of Africa, and Sharks Fear the Reaper
June 20, 2025
The Scopes Trial Centenary: The Case for the Prosecution
June 13, 2025
The Scopes Trial Centenary: The Case for the Defense
June 10, 2025
The Scopes Trial Centenary: “Inherit the Wind”
May 20, 2025
Scientists, Not Serfs
May 9, 2025
To Rescue Science, Phase Out Research Grants
May 5, 2025
Indirect Costs Make Science a Revenue Game Not a Discovery Quest
April 11, 2025
Universities Are Freaking Out Over Research Funding Cuts They Can Totally Handle
April 9, 2025
$15 Billion Saved from Indirect Costs Boosts Research
March 28, 2025
Stand Up for Funding
March 24, 2025
Columbia Complied—Its Capitulation Proves Universities Are Addicted to Federal Money
November 6, 2024
Scientists in Charge? ‘I Can’t Think of Anything Worse’
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