Monthly Archives: July 2026

Yet Another Embarrassment from the National Academy of (Pseudo)Sciences

Posted on July 31, 2026 by DWN

Having received numerous comments (both pro and con) to this 24 July 2026 GEITP blog [below], here is my balanced response: [1] Who is this author (who is proposing that NAS members should approach this topic as scientists would do)? … Continue reading →

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Hormesis in biomedical and toxicological models: A generalizable phenomenon induced by per- and polyfluoroalkyl agents (PFAS)

Posted on July 31, 2026 by DWN

This is an excellent relevant study in Risk Assessment — worthy of being shared with everyone on the GEITP email blog list. In biology, hormesis is a biphasic dose-response phenomenon in which a low dose of a stressor or toxicant … Continue reading →

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Cell transplant across the tree of life hints at how multicellular animals emerged

Posted on July 2, 2026 by DWN

As a PhD student in the 1920s, embryologist Hilde Mangold conducted a strange experiment that transformed biology. She moved a lump of cells from embryos of one newt species into another. The transplanted cells caused a secondary ‘body axis’ to … Continue reading →

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