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weird religious news — Let’s start this week’s posting of weird religious news with a bit of good news. The ongoing decline of the popularity of belief continues. A gallop poll conducted a couple of weeks ago asked the question “Who do you have confidence in?” The top three winners that scored the top […]

Weird Religious News – Porn Again

This entry was posted in religion weird and tagged weird religious news on July 15, 2018 by Dave

neutrinos — As we build better tools to see and observe how things really are our understanding of the universe grows. Multimessenger astronomy now has a new tool within its array of options. What is Multimessenger Astronomy? There are four different ways of detecting things within the universe. These are electromagnetic radiation, gravitational waves, neutrinos, […]

Neutrinos open new window into universe

This entry was posted in astronomy cosmology news science and tagged ice cube Multimessenger astronomy neutrinos on July 14, 2018 by Dave

younger dryas — About 14,500 years ago as we began to move out of a cold glacial period and back into a warmer interglacial something mysterious happened. That warming suddenly stopped and we shifted back into a cold glacial climate in the northern half of the planet. In about 11,500 this pause ended […]

Abrupt mysterious Climate change – The Younger Dryas

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science study and tagged younger dryas on July 13, 2018 by Dave

marshmallow test — The Marshmallow Test is all about delayed gratification and the potential impact that can have on our lives. It dates back to the late 1960s when psychologist Walter Mischel conducted a series of tests on very young children. It works like this. The child is presented with a marshmallow on a […]

What does the Marshmallow Test really tell us?

This entry was posted in People psychology science and tagged gratification marshmallow test psychology on July 12, 2018 by Dave

intelligence — New Caledonian crows are smart, very very smart. Last January the BBC highlighted a study that illustrated their tool making ability. They were shaping hooks out of plant material that they then used to fish for insets. These were not simply random twigs, but consisted of hooks that were far […]

Vending machines for some very smart crows

This entry was posted in biology Natural History science and tagged crows intelligence vending machine on July 11, 2018 by Dave

climate change — When it comes to dealing with Climate Change we perhaps think about big ticket items such as coal fired power stations. On a far smaller scale what exactly can we as individuals do that will really make a difference, if anything? We often strive to recycle, and to also use […]

Climate Change: You want me to do what?

This entry was posted in Climate Change People science society and tagged actions climate impact on July 10, 2018 by Dave