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Climate records continue to be shattered

March 24, 2024June 19, 2016 by Dave

Climate Change relentlessly rolls forward. 2015 was the warmest year on record ever, but 2016 is now well on track to shatter that record. Consider this … Oct 2015 was the warmest Oct ever. Nov 2015 was the warmest Nov ever. Dec 2015 was the warmest Dec ever. Jan 2016 was the warmest Jan ever. … Read more

Categories Climate Change, science Tags climate, may, NOAA Leave a comment

The #BREXIT Delusion

August 13, 2024June 18, 2016 by Dave

This is a topic that might indeed cause many eyes to glaze over, and so perhaps that especially applies to those that do not live in the UK. Since I do, then it is time for me to chip in with my 2c worth on #Brexit, and I guess my title gives a subtle clue regarding my … Read more

Categories politics, society Tags #Brexit, delusion, EU, EU membership, politics, referendum, UK Leave a comment

Is Coffee good or bad for you and does it cause cancer?

December 22, 2023June 17, 2016 by Dave

Did you know that coffee was part of the Group 2b list of foods that are “carcinogenic to humans”? (Group 2b meant that officially it “possibly” caused cancer). Well if you did, and still drank it, then you can now rest a tad easier. This is because WHO have now removed it from that list. You can … Read more

Categories consumer, science, society Tags cancer, Coffee, health 2 Comments

Gun Control .. the Onion Nails it

August 18, 2024June 16, 2016 by Dave

The Onion is of course satire and yet beautifully nails it in one … It’s An Honor To Continue Being Valued Over Countless Human Lives An AR-15 Look, I’m not the type who needs constant validation, and I have never sought preferential treatment from anyone. I just try to focus on doing what I do … Read more

Categories Activism, society Tags AR-15, gun control, guns, law Leave a comment

Four New Elements

June 21, 2020June 15, 2016 by Dave

The Periodic Table has been extended and we now have four new elements on it. Here is an illustration of them (via Phil Plate) … The Official Press Release So who gets to pick such things? The answer is that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) does this, and the process involved is … Read more

Categories Chemistry, science Tags IUPAC, Moscovium, Nihonium, Oganesson, periodic table, Tennessine Leave a comment

Do we have any Credible UFO Claims?

June 18, 2023June 14, 2016 by Dave
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As a kid I loved the idea of UFOs and so I fed myself on a constant diet of stuff gleaned from bookstores that would weave tales of ancient and modern aliens visitors, and I do not mean just the science fiction, but the claims of supposedly real aliens. It was all stuff that made many professionals familiar … Read more

Categories Critical Thinking, science, Skepticism, UFO Tags Aliens, James Oberg, UFO 2 Comments
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