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golden rice — Let’s start by clarifying exactly what Golden Rice is. Once we have that under our belt we will then move on to some of the various claims surrounding it and identify what is fact and what is anti-GMO propaganda. What is “Golden Rice”? “Golden Rice” is the term used to […]

Is Golden Rice Good or Bad?

This entry was posted in science and tagged GMO Golden Rice on March 20, 2019 by Dave

autism — If you go to Amazon and enter “Autism Cure” you will be offered a long selection of complete and utter bullshit. Given the recent news, this is to some degree a bit surprising, and yet given their desire to publish anything just to make a buck or two, perhaps not. […]

Fake Autism Cures on Amazon

This entry was posted in consumer Health Skeptic news Skepticism and tagged Amazon Autism fake cure on March 19, 2019 by Dave

weird — Here is this week's selection of some truly weird right-wing fundamentalist rhetoric. As usual, tolerance, compassion, and empathy are AWOL.

Weird Religious News – Bad Ideas lead to Bad Actions

This entry was posted in politics religion weird and tagged religion weird on March 17, 2019 by Dave

UNEP Arctic Report — Shocking new UN environment report - The Arctic is now locked into a destructive degree of climate change regardless of what measures are taken to halt global greenhouse gas emissions.

3-5°C Temperature Rise is now ‘Locked-in’ for Arctic

This entry was posted in Arctic Climate Change news science and tagged Arctic UNEP on March 16, 2019 by Dave

climate — Climate change is complicated … very complicated, hence understanding what will happen in response the the various possible scenarios in the days ahead is still very much an unknown. Researchers at Turfs university have just published the results of a new study that helps us to grapple with this. Basically […]

Very few paths to a viable climate future

This entry was posted in Climate Change news science study and tagged climate future pathways on March 15, 2019 by Dave

astroturfing — Your are perhaps familiar with the term “grassroots“. In a political context this is bottom up – it is collective action from the local level to effect change at the local, regional, national, or international level. Astroturfing is where malicious forces promote propaganda that is designed to look and feel […]

Foreign Astroturfing for BREXIT Leave on Twitter

This entry was posted in fake news politics Skeptic news Skepticism technology on March 14, 2019 by Dave