Written by University of Arkansas
The universe is incomprehensibly vast, with billions of other planets circling billions of other stars. The potential for intelligent life to exist somewhere out there should be enormous.
So, where is everybody?
Written by PLoS ONE
Science is fascinating to many, but sentences that are full of expert-level terms and description can scare away even the most passionate readers. Can scientists learn to talk about their research without using too many technical terms? One of the obstacles to avoiding jargon is that scientists suffer from “the curse of knowledge” – they simply do not remember not knowing what they now know as experts.
Written by Dr. Craig Idso
Writing as background for their work, Poulton et al. (2017)* state that “ocean acidification is predicted to reduce the ocean’s capacity to absorb low-frequency sounds produced by human activities.” As a result, they hypothesize that “anthropogenic noise could propagate further under an increasingly acidic ocean” and alter certain behavioral and physiological traits of marine life. One important concern in this regard is that such noise will impair the startle response of fish to predatory strikes.
Written by Tony Heller
The ice age scare was front page news in 1970. Scientists said it was caused by burning fossil fuels and would cause the Antarctic ice sheet to collapse – drowning coastal cities. They wanted to melt the Arctic and poison Africans to save the planet.
The front page of the Washington Post, January 11, 1970: Colder Winters Held Dawn Of New Ice Age. “That’s the long range forecast being given out by climatologists.”
Written by Dr. Duane Thresher
What do Gavin Schmidt, Hillary Clinton, Lois Lerner and Lisa Jackson have in common?
Gavin Schmidt is the current head of NASA GISS and the leading climate change warrior scientist/spokesperson. Hillary Clinton, of course, is the disgraced former Secretary of State and a presidential loser. Lois Lerner is the disgraced former IRS official who illegally targeted conservative groups for audits. Lisa Jackson is the disgraced former EPA Administrator who seemed to take direction from climate change warrior lobbyists.
Written by Sophie Curtis
We all know that the world is being transformed by technology, but a leading artificial intelligence expert has made a series of predictions that put these changes into harsh perspective.
Written by Thomas Claburn
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a nanochip contact patch that can reprogram nearby cells, to help repair damaged or aging organs, blood vessels, or nerve cells.
Written by Robert W. Felix
Unusually chilly August forecast for the eastern US:
Lower temperatures than usual east of the Rockies
The Weather Channel reports that Sunday morning saw record breaking lows in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana.
Written by Paul Homewood
The plot thickens!
I mentioned in my previous post that the latest draft climate report, published in June, had seemingly left out a rather embarrassing table from the Executive Summary, one that had previously been written into the Third Draft, published last December.
Written by Daily Express
Lord Lawson blasted Al Gore for his major interventions in warning the world of the dangers of global warming saying there were bigger threats to focus on – including North Korea and terrorism.
Written by Tony Heller
Summer at the North Pole has ended 10 days early, after below normal temperatures every single day.
Written by Jesse Emspak
A giant star near the center of our galaxy hints, once again, that Albert Einstein was correct about gravity.
Written by Leslie Nemo
Scientists onboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth research vessel anticipated a routine cruise along the Alaska Peninsula in summer 2011. Columbia University seismologist Anne Bécel and her colleagues had set out to map the area’s tectonic plates. But what they found alarmed them.
Written by Mariella Moon
Over the past few months, Cassini took the closest pictures of Saturn’s rings we’ve ever seen that it was pretty easy to forget that the probe was nearing its end. It actually dove in and out of the rings to prepare for its poetic death, and now it’s down to its last orbits around the planet.
Written by JoNova
Matt Howell, the CEO of Tomago Aluminium Smelter, told a few home truths on ABC radio Monday.
Written by James Delingpole
“Scientists behind a bombshell new report revealing global warming to be worse than ever are now worried that the Trump administration may try to change or suppress it because it contradicts the president’s denialist agenda.”
Or so the New York Times has claimed. And also, in its wake, papers including the London Evening Standard and the Guardian.
This is worse than mere #fakenews.