Modern Discontent

Closing Time (For Now)

Life's new plans, and what that means for this Substack.

Mar 12, 2025 • Modern Discontent

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December 2024

We need better science communicators

Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson are not cutting it.

Dec 2, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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November 2024

Science is not taking Trump's win lightly

Scientists' fears over funding and research may be the shifting tide that we need to produce real science.

Nov 22, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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When taxpayer dollars fund fraudulent research

Another prominent neuroscientist with tens of millions of NIH-funding has been placed on leave due to allegations of research misconduct and fraud.

Nov 16, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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October 2024

It starts in the nose

And why the entire vaccine campaign may have been wrong from the start.

Oct 26, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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Bad Science- COVID and risk of MACE

Journalists are running with misleading narratives that COVID can increase risks of heart attacks and strokes for years based on a new study.

Oct 13, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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On fairy rings

Musings on a natural phenomenon and the folklore/science behind them.

Oct 10, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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Another eminent neuroscientist hit with allegations of manipulation and fraud

Hundreds of Eliezer Masliah's publications on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research have come under scrutiny.

Oct 3, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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September 2024

The Ozempic “Cure-all” Narrative has hit the mainstream

And with it comes the era of disastrous chronic disease management.

Sep 28, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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Can Semaglutide Prevent COVID deaths?

Or maybe people should just lose some weight...

Sep 20, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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Removing Intuition in a GLP-1RA-driven world

New research on GLP-1 RAs and metabolism is trying to reshape the narrative around obesity.

Sep 14, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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Obscuring harms with sweet-sounding words?

And how the acronym "ARIA" may point to more insidious motives from Alzheimer's pharmaceutical companies.

Sep 5, 2024 • Modern Discontent

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