Bots: 25% of Climate tweets are fake
The Guardian reports that as many as 25% of climate related tweets are bots. How can you tell if a twitter account is human or a bot?
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It is Brexit day: what does this mean for Science?
Brexit is upon us. Today the UK ceases to be an EU member and enters a transition phase. How will that impact science in the UK?
Magic Cure for Coronavirus: Just Drink Bleach!
Promoters of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory are urging their fans to ward off Coronavirus by purchasing and drinking dangerous bleach.
Evidence of Climate data manipulation in emails
Emails between Trump Administration officials reveals blatent attempts to manipulate data to increase logging within national forests.
Why are Nonprofits converting into Churches?
There is a recent trend of nonprofit organizations formally registering as a “Church” with the IRS. What’s going on here, why would do this?
Why is Climate Change denial popular?
Why does an outright rejection of scientific fact happen? Climate change denial appears to be rather popular in some quarters.