"Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress."

RT @tedtalks: Today's talk, from #TED 2010: Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to zoom through images and data on the web ...