After enjoying many decades of high public support, higher education in the U.S. is in serious decline.
Why Does American Higher Education Work So Poorly?
Written by George Leef
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The greatest oxymoron statement of all time: ‘Renewable Energy’
Written by Ronald Stein P.E. & Roger Caiazza
An oxymoron is a figure of speech where contradictory or opposite words are combined to create a striking or thought-provoking effect. Examples include ‘deafening silence,’ ‘organized chaos,’ ‘perpetual motion machines,’ and today’s favorite among zero-emissions policymakers, ‘RENEWABLE ENERGY!’
Low-quality papers are surging by exploiting public data sets and AI
Written by Cathleen O’Grady
Last year, Matt Spick began to notice oddly similar papers flooding in for peer review at Scientific Reports, where he is an associate editor. He smelled a rat.
New Evidence Questions Humanity’s Role in the Carbon Cycle
Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki
As an isotope geochemist, I’ve spent years studying the subtle signatures that reveal Earth’s hidden stories
study reveals one psilocybin dose eases depression for years
Written by Jane Palmer
Half a decade after receiving a psychedelic treatment for depression, two-thirds of patients in a new study remained in remission
religious faith makes vaccination immune to critical evaluation
Written by John Leake
Apologies for disappearing from Focal Points for the last two weeks. Final fact-checking and proofreading for our new book proved to be more painstaking than I’d anticipated
UK Report Admits ‘Renewables’ Make Energy More Expensive
Written by Mauricio Alencar
Labour ministers are expected to double down on expanding the use of ‘green’ technologies as the Treasury and Department for Business and Trade are set to unveil the UK’s industrial strategy next week
UK Councils Are Wasting Billions On Overpriced Electric Buses
Written by Paul Homewood
Spending on ‘net zero’ is now so endemic in government that it would be impossible to track it all down
Market Realities Continue to Mug Faddish ‘Energy Transitions’
Written by Vijay Jayaraj
A Wood Mackenzie analysis notes that Japanese electricity demand is forecast to be between 1,100 and 1,200 terawatt-hours in 2040, up from less than 1,000 in 2023
UK’s ‘net zero’ agenda is causing huge job losses and rising bills
Written by Ben Pile
According to various reports of an offshore wind industry conference this week, Ed Miliband has claimed confidence in “winning the fight on Net Zero” against his critics
BBC threatens AI firm with legal action over unauthorised content use
Written by BBC
The BBC is threatening to take legal action against an artificial intelligence firm whose chatbot the corporation says is reproducing BBC content “verbatim” without its permission
Texas Looks To Be Getting A Gas Power Boom
Written by Paul Homewood
The ‘Greens’ are throwing their toys out of the pram because Texas is planning to build dozens of new gas power stations
Another Nail in the Electric Vehicle Coffin
Written by Sallust
Matthew Lynn’s latest column in Telegraph has flagged up a WhatCar? survey that reveals EVs are the most likely to leave you stranded by the roadside
BBC Says Only Three Years Left To ‘Save The Planet’
Written by Paul Homewood
The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions said the BBC on June 19th
Our Knowledge System Has Collapsed. Can We Survive Without It?
Written by Ted Gioia
If you want to understand the transformation underway in our culture right now, you have to read Ted Gioia.
DARPA smashes wireless power record, beaming energy more than 5 miles away — and uses it to make popcorn
Written by Ben Turner
The U.S. military has set a new record for wireless power transmission, beaming a laser carrying more than 800 watts of power across a distance of 5.3 miles (8.6 kilometers).