Written by Clark Cross
Mention the words ‘climate change’ or ‘climate emergency’ and climate scientists and ‘entrepreneurs’ are drooling in anticipation of the research grants, subsidies and investment grants which will keep them in luxury for years.
Written by Bent Flyvbjerg
When the Danish Government sent their Chief Planner to threaten me I froze. I could not believe what I heard. Was I in Denmark or some banana republic, or were the two the same?
Written by Katyanna Quach
Our Moon is getting cooler, causing it to shrink. Now, research published in Nature Geoscience on Monday suggests that shrinkage is leading to a whole lot of shaking going on, with a little help from Earth too.
Written by William Walter Kay BA LL B
There is no beginning or ending. The material universe extends beyond the greatest distances we can observe optically or by radio means. It is boundless. (G. Reber)
The 20th century’s two keenest astronomers haled from Wheaton, Illinois. Edwin Hubble moved to Wheaton in 1900, age 10. Grote Reber (pictured) was born there in 1911.
Written by Paul Joseph Watson
Written by Brett Walton
When Greg Wetherbee sat in front of the microscope recently, he was looking for fragments of metals or coal, particles that might indicate the source of airborne nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain National Park. What caught his eye, though, were the plastics.
Written by Helen Glenny
May 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. What are you doing to mark the occasion?
In the Royal Collection, London, is the most important group of Leonardo’s drawings to survive. It’s more than 500 sheets that have been together as a group since Leonardo’s death all those years ago.
Written by John O'Sullivan
Until now, little was known about the biogeochemical interaction between fungi and gold. But a new study published by Nature.com reveals that some fungi possess a high gold-oxidizing capacity.
Written by Larry Bell
Brace yourself – but also try to relax a little. You didn’t really create another new crisis. Capitalism didn’t either.
Written by Kenneth Richard
Biomarker evidence for Arctic-region sea ice coverage in the northern Barents Sea indicates the most extensive sea ice conditions of the last 9,500 years occurred during the 20th century (0 cal yr BP).
Written by David Archibald
It is a remarkable thing that the U.K. and Irish parliaments were able to hypnotize themselves and pass climate emergency legislation when the southern half of the planet has not warmed at all in 120 years.
Written by www.abeldanger.org
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare a global health emergency over the ebola virus, the time for calling for one is approaching.
A “public health emergency of international concern,” or what’s called PHEIC (pronounced “fake”) is an official designation the WHO can give to an outbreak in order to sound the international alarm.
Written by Albert Parker
For the upcoming Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) a rate of global mean sea level rise over 1980-2000 is touted faster than during any preceding 20-year period since at least 1000 BCE.
Written by BBC
Image copyright COSMIC_BACKGROUND/INSTAGRAMAmateur space photographer Andrew McCarthy, or ‘space nerd’ as he calls himself on his Instagram account, has a passion for astronomy, thanks to his dad introducing him to the moon through his telescope when he was a child.
Written by James Conca
Cobalt is a grey metal that is essential to our new technological world. It is a preferred component in lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, cell phones, and electric vehicles. These exploding applications are causing the use of Co to skyrocket.
Written by Robert Kraychik
CrossFit criticized Facebook’s arbitrary censorship practices in a Thursday statement, announcing that the company “will no longer support or use Facebook’s services until further notice.” CrossFit will also stop using Facebooks Instagram and WhatsApp platforms.