Protagonist Science

Science under Siege /w Peter Hotez and Michael Mann

Science Counterpunch - Episode 1

Feb 13 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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Announcing: Science Counterpunch

Fighting back for science & scientists was never more urgent

Feb 12 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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November 2025

The AI Race to Reboot Feudalism

Let's be honest about why they gamble everything

Nov 8, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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October 2025

The Brazilian clue

Or: another L for lab leak believers

Oct 31, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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"Teaching the controversy" and other terrible takes on COVID-19 origins

A new campaign to turn retconned fanfiction into teaching material is underway

Oct 21, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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Book review: Exposing the forces behind anti-science aggression

“Science Under Siege,” by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, is a plain-spoken, naming-names, rallying cry for protectors of science to not go quietly…

Oct 6, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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Chapter 12 - Science under Siege in the Information Age

Adapted from Lab Leak Fever: The COVID-19 origin theory that sabotaged science and society

Oct 3, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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September 2025

Chapter 11 - The Marketplace of Motivated Rationalizations

Adapted from Lab Leak Fever: The COVID-19 origin theory that sabotaged science and society

Sep 26, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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Chapter 10 - The information cascades that haunt us

Adapted from Lab Leak Fever: The COVID-19 origin theory that sabotaged science and society

Sep 19, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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Chapter 9 - Secular gurus, sages and shamans of the modern hill tribes

Adapted from Lab Leak Fever: The COVID-19 origin theory that sabotaged science and society

Sep 12, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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Chapter 8 - Outbreak: Contained

Adapted from Lab Leak Fever: The COVID-19 origin theory that sabotaged science and society

Sep 5, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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August 2025

Chapter 7 - Nature´s neglected gain-of-function laboratory

Adapted from Lab Leak Fever: The COVID-19 origin theory that sabotaged science and society

Aug 29, 2025 • Philipp Markolin, PhD

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