Science Literacy Project Daily Digest Science Controversies in the Media (++++ ++++)

Science Literacy Project Daily Digest Science Controversies in the Media Facing ridicule, Hegseth rescinds Pentagon’s new testosterone mandates ABC News https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/facing-ridicule-hegseth-rescinds-pentagons-new-testosterone-mandates/ Chemophobia trap: How the ‘appeal to nature’ fallacy makes ‘clean’ and organic products seem safer—even when they’re not Huffington Post https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/chemophobia-trap-how-the-appeal-to-nature-fallacy-makes-clean-and-organic-products-seem-safer-even-when-theyre-not/ Flattening culture and cognition: Is AI eroding our singularity? Nature https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/flattening-culture-and-cognition-is-ai-eroding-our-singularity/ Viewpoint: Cocky but wrong—feeling superior feeds medical and health conspiracy theories Glendale Star https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/10/viewpoint-cocky-but-wrong-feeling-superior-feeds-medical-and-health-conspiracy-theories/ Social media still eclipses AI as the driving force of medical misinformation Tech Target https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/09/social-media-still-eclipses-ai-as-the-driving-force-of-medical-misinformation/ Public is skeptical about claims of vaccine danger, but a poll shows troubling doubts Laine Bergeson | CIDRAP https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/09/public-is-skeptical-about-claims-of-vaccine-danger-but-a-poll-shows-troubling-doubts/ The promise and peril of gene editing MedPage Today https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/09/the-promise-and-peril-of-gene-editing/ Viewpoint: How to challenge the lucrative health fear-mongering business STAT News https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/09/viewpoint-how-to-challenge-the-lucrative-health-fear-mongering-business/