Guest essay by Leo Goldstein Google Books Ngrams tracks how frequently certain words and short phrases appeared in printed books from 1800 through 2008. Such data may serve as an…
Day: February 17, 2016
Bee-pocaclypse called off, bees doing OK, global warming was never a cause
Back in 2007, Wired Magazine mused: It’s only slightly less ridiculous than the other bee killing theory that year – cell phones. I published a story about the loony idea…
How not to measure temperature (or climate change) #96
From the “global warming data looks better with heat-sinks and air conditioners” department. Dr. Mark Albright, of the University of Washington writes: Here is a great example of how NOT…
The detection of gravitational waves – a triumph of science enabled by fossil fuels
Last week, the science world was abuzz with the news that gravitational waves had been discovered thanks to the LIGO project and the team of international scientists that made it…
Wednesday wit – Exit Stage Left
Josh writes: BishopHill has this story – Republicans in the US House of Representatives are currently trying to get a grip on one small part of the Washington bureaucracy by trying to get the National…
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