When one thinks of scientists, one tends to picture solemn men and women in white laboratory coats, dispassionately seeking facts, wherever the objective evidence may lead.  Sadly, however, it seems that even science writers are subject to emotional, irrational outbursts of hysteria based on nothing but their political biases. Recently, science writer Shawn Otto, referenced by Scientific American magazine, illogically attempted to vilify Americans who question the extraordinary and unproven claims about global warming – or global cooling, since the so-called science seems to flip from one description to the other, depending on the fad of the moment. A new commentary by Jeff Tollefson, Lauren Morello, and Sara Reardon, meanwhile, is nothing short of hysterical psychobabble masquerading as science reporting. "Trump will be the first anti-science president we have ever had," says Michael Lubell, director of public affairs for the American Physical Society in...(Read Full Post)