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Are Gene Edited Cows or Humans What We Really Need?

Written by F. William Engdahl

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Scientists using the “second generation” of genetic manipulation technology have used gene-editing to alter the DNA of breed of cattle so that they supposedly do not grow horns.

At around the same time another group of scientists claim to have injected human cells into monkeys to create chimeras, as in the ancient Greek myths of beings part lion, part snake.

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Petition Against Climate Alarmism Goes Global

Written by Larry Bell

A petition being submitted by hundreds of independent climate scientists and professionals from numerous countries to heads of the European Council, Commission and Parliament declares, “There is No Climate Emergency.”

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The Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time — Part XXV

Written by Francis Menton

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I posted Part XXIV of this series just three days ago, on Wednesday, August 14.

The subject of that post was the “homogenization” of official historical temperature data, by which the keepers of our official temperature records from ground-based thermometers use the excuses of station moves and instrumentation changes to adjust earlier temperatures downward in order to create an artificial warming trend and make recent temperatures appear to be the warmest ever.

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Eduard Pernkopf: The Nazi book of anatomy still used by surgeons

Written by Keiligh Baker

An image from the atlas showing a man's cheek partially dissectedImage copyright ERICH LEPIER
Image caption An illustration from the atlas shows a man’s partially dissected cheek

When nerve surgeon Dr Susan Mackinnon needed help to finish an operation, she reached, as she often does, for a mid-20th Century book of anatomy.

Thanks to the complex hand-drawn illustrations – showing the human body peeled back layer by layer – Dr Mackinnon, from Washington University in St Louis, was able to complete the procedure.

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Earth’s Last Magnetic-Pole Flip Took Much Longer Than We Thought

Written by Passant Rabie

Earth's north and south magnetic poles flip-flop over long timescales. New research into volcanic rocks may explain how it happens.

Earth’s north and south magnetic poles flip-flop over long timescales. New research into volcanic rocks may explain how it happens. (Image: © Shutterstock)

The last reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles happened long before humans could record it, but research on the flow of ancient lava has helped scientists estimate the duration of this strange phenomenon.

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Study Shows How Plants Adapt To Rising Carbon Dioxide

Written by Swinburne University of Technology

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Studies of the world’s tropical forests have pinpointed how much water plants put back into the atmosphere compared to how much carbon they take up, with lower rainfall linked to increased efficiency.

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Slow Hurricane Season Thwarts Alarmists

Written by Pierre Gosselin

Hurricane Florence: Auto, Packaged Food Supply Chains at ...

Recently NTZ published a post on a study which examined Vietnam tropical cyclone activity.

The study found that for Vietnam “none of the meteorological trends such as frequency, central pressure, wind speed, or storm intensity show any significant increase or decrease over the last four decades.”

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The Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time — Part XXIV

Written by Francis Menton

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The Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time is the fraud committed by the keepers of official world temperature records.

They have intentionally adjust earlier-year temperature records downwards to support assertions that dangerous human-caused global warming is occurring and that the most recent year or month is the “hottest ever.”

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US Farmland 48x More Toxic To Insects Than 25 Years Ago

Written by Tyler Durden

Woods Walks and Wildlife: March 2012

new study shows how “insect apocalypse” is unfolding across America’s farmland since neonicotinoid pesticides were introduced several decades ago.

Researchers found that farmland across the country is 48 times more toxic to insect life than 25 years ago, and neonicotinoid pesticides account for a large majority of the increase in toxicity.

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