Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Never before have I seen a mainstream newspaper take such a strong stance against an elected President. This is the entire editorial board of the Los Angeles Times telling you how things actually are. It is a truly outstanding editorial. Gosh, if only somebody had warned the voters during the election that he was like this and … Read more
Carbon Brief has a nice video up in which Climate Scientists briefly answer a few key questions regarding the recent low’s of both the Arctic and also the Antarctic sea ice. Let’s first ask – Who are “Carbon Brief”? Their “About Us” page lays it all out … Carbon Brief is a UK-based website covering … Read more
The usual set of pranks have popped up this year, for example, Google enabling PacMan in Google maps, atheist bloggers declaring they have found Jesus, or Democrat advocates announcing that they have switched allegiance to Trump. We have seen it all before and so at best you get an eye roll or two. So I’m … Read more
And so another week has passed. Each week I cast my eyes over the religious landscape to see if anything weird catches my eye. It is of course wholly subjective, and yet for most, also truly bizarre stuff. So did anything catch my eye? Nope, it has been a very dull week, and nothing of … Read more
The date today is rather unfortunate because this is a serious topic. To read that the chair of the US House Science Committee disparaged the most prestigious science journal on the planet and instead prefers Breitbart as a more credible source feels very much like a prank, but this is all very real. The full video … Read more
Victoria Herrmann, President and Managing Director of the Arctic Institute and a National Geographic explorer, has written a potentially important article … As an Arctic researcher, I’m used to gaps in data. Just over 1% of US Arctic waters have been surveyed to modern standards. In truth, some of the maps we use today haven’t been updated … Read more