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Folmsbee: Justice Scalia leaves behind scientific legacy

February 29, 2016

Folmsbee: Zika virus shows why basic research matters

February 15, 2016

Folmsbee: Rapper B.o.B.’s flat earth feud exposes scientific illiteracy

February 1, 2016

Folmsbee: Obama’s cancer moonshot is flawed but necessary

January 18, 2016

Folmsbee: Reconsidering the utility of dissertations

January 5, 2016

Folmsbee: How to decide between an M.D. and a Ph.D., or both

November 17, 2015

Folmsbee: Presidential candidates need to support science-based medicine

November 4, 2015

Folmsbee: Mental illness not to blame for gun violence

October 18, 2015

Folmsbee: NASA does more than just find water on Mars

October 6, 2015

Folmsbee: Vaccination science cannot be compromised

September 20, 2015

Folmsbee: Supreme Court needs to support the Affordable Care Act

May 26, 2015

Folmsbee: Beard science is bad science

May 12, 2015

Folmsbee: The ugly and invisible bigotry in science

April 28, 2015

Folmsbee: Bill Nye proves the best science advocates aren’t scientists

April 14, 2015

Folmsbee: Angelina Jolie Pitt is great for women’s health, poor for science

March 31, 2015

Folmsbee: We shouldn’t call it alternative medicine

February 26, 2015

Folmsbee: Our generation is the biggest challenge to vaccinations

February 11, 2015

Folmsbee: Congress should vote on science more often

January 28, 2015

Folmsbee: New antibiotic shows importance of basic science

January 14, 2015

Folmsbee: Sexist shirt worn by scientist indicative of larger problem

November 18, 2014

Folmsbee: Why we shouldn’t fear Ebola

November 3, 2014

Folmsbee: There’s no need to fear genetically modified food

October 21, 2014

Folmsbee: Medical marijuana deserves research

October 5, 2014

Folmsbee: The Ice Bucket Challenge results in disaster

September 24, 2014

Folmsbee: Don’t let stigma block HIV prevention

May 19, 2014

Folmsbee: Scientific misconduct is unacceptably easy

May 5, 2014

Folmsbee: The misconception of art, madness

April 21, 2014

Folmsbee: Time to end vaccine opt-outs?

April 7, 2014

Folmsbee: America’s love-hate relationship with science

February 24, 2014

Folmsbee: Reviving the beauty of evolution

February 10, 2014

Folmsbee: Consider a (terrible) career in science

January 27, 2014

Folmsbee: There are no unhealthy foods, only unhealthy you

January 13, 2014

Folmsbee: Here is some medical school interview advice, idiots

November 18, 2013

Folmsbee: Herbal supplements mislabeled and dangerous

October 30, 2013

Folmsbee: Shutdown hits science hardest

October 14, 2013

Folmsbee: Climate change threatens more than the environment

October 2, 2013

Folmsbee: Why futility matters in medicine

September 26, 2013

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