German climate skepticism may have awakened, and ironically it may in large part be an unintended consequence of the “Greta demonstrations.”

Germans may be finally getting fed up with the hysteria that has emptied out schools and turned into an ambush on their industrial jobs.

I don’t know why no one ever references the data, but a global experiment was recently performed to test whether or not human emission of CO2 from the use of hydrocarbon energy was the cause of the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration.

Much interest has been generated by last week’s report of the world’s first image of a black hole (above). The Astrophysical Journal Letters reported on the experiment by Professor Heino Falcke, of Radboud University in the Netherlands.

As the world’s press rush to share news of the world’s ‘First Black Hole Image‘ some skeptics are challenging the claim.

Australian researcher, Stephen J Crothers has issued a dissenting open letter to the author of the original assertion, Dear Sabine Hossenfelder. The open letter is posted below in full and we invite readers to draw their own conclusions:

There is nothing coincidental about common déjà vu features of a CO2 climate crisis-premised war on fossil fuels and a hysterically-hyped sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission acid rain environmental calamity a half-century ago.

A new sensitive survey of the Red Planet’s atmosphere has detected no methane – a gas that on Earth is strongly linked to life.

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There’s a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that’s been found in the Philippines. It’s known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country’s largest island Luzon.

Breaking news: Former U.S. intelligence officers cite new forensic studies to challenge the claim of the key “assessment” that Russia “hacked” Democratic emails. Newly-released memo published in full below.

On Thursday, several men in black suits, surrounded by a dozen cops, raided the Ecuadorian embassy in London and kidnapped Julian Assange.

Moments later, the Department of Justice released a statement charging Assange with computer hacking “conspiracy” for allegedly working with US Army soldier at the time, Chelsea Manning.

Last week, Duke University announced it would pay the US government US$112.5 million to settle claims that fraudulent data were used in dozens of research-grant applications.

This is a communal punishment for an institution where the overwhelming majority of scientists are honest, hard-working individuals seeking knowledge for the good of humanity.

Pakistan set snowfall records this winter, with chief meteorologist of the PMD, Khalid Malik, saying more regions than ever before received 50+ inches (4.2 feet) of powder. And there’s still no sign of spring.