The nutrition and food news today, including radio, TV, blogs, is full of stories decrying the consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods – UPFs. Normally I would give a series of links…
Category: Science
The ACT College Admissions Test Making Science Section “Optional”
The science portion of the ACT is no longer required. When registering for the test, students will have the option to take the science section, like the writing section. The…
No, USA Today, Rising Seas Aren’t to Blame for ‘disappearance of rare cactus in Florida’
Clearly the disappearance of this cactus has nothing to do with sea level rise but has been documented to be a result of a hurricane passage causing salt water to…
Science of Heat Waves Reveals Blaming CO2 is a Scam!
To blame heat waves on rising CO2, alarmists must use statistical attribution tricks.
Patrick Brown: The Social Feedback Loops Constraining Climate Science
The highest-profile research is heavily influenced by cultural forces and career incentives that are not necessarily aligned with the dispassionate pursuit of truth.
The Subtropical Jetstream Versus the Total Eclipse
We are now close enough to the April 8 total eclipse that the skill of our models is now appreciable.
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Academics Blame Lower Trust In Scientists On Everything But Bad Scientists
The mistake the paper makes is assuming scientists’ expertise is always better than people’s. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But never always.
Modern Scientific Controversies 2024: The Monarch Wars — Part 3
Science. New studies were done, new findings emerged. See Parts 1 and 2. Monarch counts at overwintering sites were called into doubt by the California Monarch Rebound of 2021-2022 –…
Weaponizing ‘The Science’
Pielke Jr. argues like this: “The notion of consensus-as-truth has been operationalized in various forms: journalistic “fact checkers,” academic “misinformation” researchers, and content moderation on social media platforms. The practical…
Modern Scientific Controversies 2024: The Monarch Wars — Part 2
It takes a lot of nerve to do research and publish findings that are contrary to long-standing shared viewpoints in any field. Kudos to those mentioned above who have done…
Modern Scientific Controversies 2024: The Monarch Wars — Part 1
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen — 4 February 2024 – 1000 words/5 minutes When we say that “science is never settled”, we mean that there are always new things to…
Surfing The Sixth Wave
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I keep reading about how we’re already well into the “Sixth Wave Of Extinctions”. Now, I’ve studied this question extensively. I started back in 2010…
Catastrophic and Frightening Solar Storms: Miyake Events
Miyake events are believed to be several orders of magnitude greater than the Carrington Event. It is not clear what causes the event. If a Miyake event equivalent to the…
Analyzing Studies
For issues that are really important, you need to learn how to separate credible studies from unreliable ones.
In Denial about the Science – Part 2, ARC in London
If Western civilisation is to persist, it needs more than anything else to save its science, because otherwise our civilisation will be conquered and replaced.
Scientific Method Restored to Science Education in North Carolina
Challengers of the status quo are more likely to be met with ad hominem than data.
Geophysical Consequences of Celestial Mechanics
The core of their elegant physics explains well the careful observations gathered in the past 200 years.
La Brea Megafaunal Extinctions Driven by Fires 13,000 Years Ago
Peer-Reviewed Publication AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions from Southern California were driven by large-scale fires in an ecosystem made increasingly vulnerable by climate change…
The March 1940 Superstorm: Geoelectromagnetic Hazards and Impacts on American Communication and Power Systems
In some places, geoelectric amplitudes induced during the March 1940 storm, Section 12, exceeded American electric-power-industry benchmarks.
The Threat of Mirror Life: Revolutionary Science or Unprecedented Risk?
“Unless compelling evidence emerges that mirror life would not pose extraordinary dangers, we believe that mirror bacteria and other mirror organisms, even those with engineered biocontainment measures, should not be…