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human evolution — Some people can with practise hold their breath for long periods of time and by doing so accomplish some amazing feats of Freediving. That is more about fitness and skill, not human evolution. There is however a new study that points towards some humans actually adapting and evolving over many […]

Human Evolution: Sea Nomads appear to have evolved diving skills

This entry was posted in biology humans science and tagged human evolution on April 24, 2018 by Dave

homeopathy — This is a story about homeopathy, or to be a tad more precise, is a story about the deployment of homeopathy that illustrates how the embrace of the idea is not just bizarre but also absurd. Rabid Dogs and Homeopathy The Washington Post reports it as follows … A Canadian […]

Homeopathy: Treating 4 year old with saliva of a rabid dog

This entry was posted in Homeopathy Medicine Skeptic news Skepticism and tagged Anke Zimmermann Health Canada homeopathy Naturopath on April 23, 2018 by Dave

weird religious news — Each week I throw a spotlight upon news items that qualify as weird religious news. Did people who are religious act with decency, integrity, and honour during the past seven days? Seriously yes, many did, but there were also those who were inspired by what they believe, and so they […]

Weekly Weird Religious News – The Cult of Trump

This entry was posted in People religion weird and tagged weekly weird religious news on April 22, 2018 by Dave

echo chamber — The basic idea should be familiar. Some people consume a very narrow band of information, for example Trump leaning individuals only tuning into Fox news or reading nothing but right-wing sites such as Breitbart. Another scenario is that in a social media context we filter out and remove people who […]

Is the Echo Chamber Idea a myth?

This entry was posted in People society and tagged echo chamber myth on April 21, 2018 by Dave

great barrier reef bleaching — I’ve previously written about the 2016 bleaching event at the great barrier reef back in 2016. The update is that a new paper has just been published in Nature that contains a scientific analysis of what happened. Entitled “Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages“, it explains … Our study bridges […]

Study: #GreatBarrierReef at ‘unprecedented’ risk of collapse after major bleaching event

This entry was posted in Climate Change environment news science study and tagged #bleaching #GreatBarrierReef great barrier reef on April 20, 2018 by Dave

alex jones — This is quite frankly wonderful news, it could not have happened to a nicer person than Alex Jones of Infowars fame. Let’s first give you a bit of context. If you have no idea who Alex Jones actually is, then the background context is that he is most probably the […]

Alex Jones Has Been Named In Two More Defamation Suits

This entry was posted in law media nutters People society and tagged Alex Jones law on April 19, 2018 by Dave