Written by Viv Forbes
My grandfather was part of the Great Generation. Toughened by wars and depression they were patriotic nation builders.
Written by washingtontimes.com
This undated electron microscope image provided by William Miller of Baker University in March 2019 shows a tardigrade of the class Heterotardigrada, also known as a “water bear.” The small animals, about the size of a period, are able to survive extreme heat, cold, radiation and even the vacuum of space. (William Miller via AP)
Written by Dr Klaus L E Kaiser
According to Merriam, as in Webster, the term “to jury-rig” means “to erect, construct, or arrange in a makeshift fashion” a temporary device to help you out in a pinch when there are no better alternatives available.
Written by David Archibald
The global warming hysteria was reaching a crescendo in the lead up to the climate confab in Copenhagen in 2009 when a civic-minded person released the Climategate emails, deflating the whole thing. Those emails were concocted from the fevered imaginations of the scientists involved.
Written by David Williams
Consumer DNA testing became a mainstream thing a few years ago, and many people have done it ever since. Essentially, it lets people conduct do-it-yourself (DIY) genetic testing that will give them answers to some questions they might have, mostly pertaining to their ancestry, but also regarding any genetic diseases they might have so they could best prepare for them.
Written by Shepard Ambellas
(INTELLIHUB) — Apple and other tech companies have sold tens of millions of pairs of wireless earbuds over the past few years which a group of 250 scientists from over 40 countries is now warning may cause cancer.
Wireless technologies are appealing to consumers but may not be safe, experts warn.
Written by Donna Laframboise
Earlier this month, BuzzFeed published a three-part exposé about violent goons, funded and equipped by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), who persecute indigenous communities. In the words of the BuzzFeed journalists, the WWF:
Written by Ashley Strickland
The third and final supermoon of the year will light up the sky on March 20, closing out a trifecta of supermoons for 2019 that began in January.
Written by David Keighley
BBC director-general Tony Hall delivered the prestigious Lord Speaker address to peers last week.
His central message? That the BBC – which Lord Hall has run for almost seven years – is totally impartial, is the best news organization in the world, and that the Corporation is in the vanguard of upholding news values and investigative journalism.
Written by Christina Lamb
Solange Kanena sits on her broken orange sofa, heavily pregnant, resting. Looking around her three-room shack, she wonders how she will feed her eight children. Her husband died in a mining accident 10 days ago.
Written by Herb Rose
Entropy: the tendency for matter in a system to move to a state of disorder.
If a group of similar molecules, with different energies and charges, are put into a perfectly insulated container, the molecules will attain equal distribution of energy and charge within the container.
Written by Paul Homewood
On Tuesday, the BBC reported: Within 25 years England will not have enough water to meet demand, the head of the Environment Agency is warning.
The impact of climate change, combined with population growth, means the country is facing an ‘existential threat’, Sir James Bevan told the Waterwise Conference in London.
Written by Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.
Why are the noble gases called noble? The ability to avoid reacting when provoked — to turn up one’s nose and ignore lesser human foibles — is largely considered a noble trait in humans.
What amounts to a constant pursuit for humans just comes naturally to noble gases. Noble gases, most often found as monatomic gases, have completely filled outer electron shells, so have no inclination to react with other elements, thus very rarely forming compounds with other elements.
Written by Eleanor Cummins
The Army National Guard readies sandbags to protect a generator from floods in Iowa in 2008. Staff Sgt. Oscar M. Sanchez-Alvarez via Dept. of Defense
Dale Cox isn’t your typical prophet of the apocalypse. But in his work at the U.S. Geological Survey, the bald, bearded, and technically-precise project manager spends an inordinate amount of time on catastrophe.
Written by Marc Morano
Associated Press reporter Seth Borenstein has made another attempt to convince the public of global warming, but his latest analysis has climate scientists once again refuting his claims.
On Tuesday, Borenstein cited AP analysis that found hot temperature records in the U.S. were being broken twice as often as cold temperature records.
Written by Rico Brouwer
Dutch science journalist exposes national government ‘experts’ rigging climate data to make modern climate appear warmer than the past.
“Heat waves are now much more common than a century ago.” That claim made the Dutch 8 o’clock News in the warm summer of 2018, as elsewhere in Europe.