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.
Written by Craig Rucker
Dr. Patrick Moore broke with Greenpeace, the organization he cofounded when Greenpeace’s mission morphed from promoting environmentalism to promoting Socialism.
Dr. Moore is a vocal critic of the propaganda techniques used by the global warming movement and recently said on television that, “the whole climate crisis is not only fake news, but it’s fake science.”
Written by Children's Health Defense
Since 1900, there’s been a 74% decline in mortality rates in developed countries, largely due to a marked decrease in deaths from infectious diseases. How much of this decline was due to vaccines? The history and data provide clear answers that matter greatly in today’s vitriolic debate about vaccines.
Written by Kevin Mooney
Political figures who support the so-called Green New Deal and other proposals to restrict carbon dioxide emissions are up against some “inconvenient facts” that Americans may access immediately through a smartphone application, a geologist and author says.
Written by Margi Murphy
ICNIRP, the global scientific body used to set standards on radio frequency emissions from smartphones, WiFi routers and phone masts, will vote on easing its guidelines next month.
The Munich-headquartered organisation, made up of a dozen scientists, believe the existing rules can be relaxed without any health risks.
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 Nate Church
Jack the Ripper, one of the most legendary serial killers in recorded history, has been identified — 131 years after he stalked the streets of London.
Written by Paul Homewood
They say once is an accident, twice is a conspiracy. I wonder what eight times is?
Following my complaint to the BBC about its news report claiming that African penguin populations were declining because of climate change, the BBC has now formally upheld the complaint, and logged it on the Complaints website:
Written by Dr Klaus L E Kaiser
Not only that, the time is getting shorter and – if you believe it – can now even be reversed.
So, if you remember the date – and scroll back to that specific time window — when your hammer hit your thumb instead of the nail, you ought to no longer feel any pain.
Written by John O'Sullivan
Warning of grave danger to life due to the mass 5G roll out is issued by Dr. Martin Pall, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at Washington State University. Real risk of fires, organ damage.
Written by Kenneth Richard
The Post-1998 Hiatus Plods On…Regionally. North America (180-0°N, 15-60°N) has been characterized as a “major cooling center” by the authors of a new paper (Gan et al., 2019) published in Earth and Space Science.