Written by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
In February 2016, an international team of physicists announced the first direct observation of gravitational waves. The waves had been produced by the gigantic collision of a pair of black holes, each about 30 times the mass of the sun—a smash so cataclysmic that it sent ripples through the fabric of spacetime.
Written by G.C. Beaujon
How much of our humanity are we willing to lose? It would appear that this question is becoming most pertinent in our age. But another, more fundamental, question foregrounds this one – what is a human being? Are people bio-mass? If so, then only one idea is required to exist on this planet, namely, how best to manage populations.
Written by Huyen Nguyen
By the mid-nineteenth century it had become generally accepted that much of Europe had once been covered by glacier.
The cause for such dramatic shifts in the Earth’s climate was unknown until James Croll (pictured above), a janitor, at Anderson’s University in Glasgow proposed the idea that variations in the Earth’s orbit might have precipitated ice ages.
Written by John Droz Jr.
A special announcement from physicist, John Droz Jr to all AWED Friends:
We get many requests for studies, reports and articles on a specific topic (e.g. wind energy infrasound) that were in previous Newsletters. Although Master Resource has generously posted some prior issues of the Newsletter, there was no way to quickly search over multiple prior Newsletter issues — until now!
Written by Geraint Hughes
Introduction: In a previous article, with the same title, I demonstrated that the Greenplate effect, does not occur.
This is the supposed back radiation effect, which purportedly happens to a flat plate if you expose it to a radiant heat source, within a vacuum and then simply put another plate behind it.
Written by Jaime Jessop
In the final days of 2019, there is much to reflect upon events of the past year and, with the closing of the second decade of the 21st century, much to reflect upon how climate change alarmism has itself alarmingly morphed into something much more dangerous, visceral, urgent, ideologically driven and immediate as regards public perception and societal impact.
Written by Kyle Hooten
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The Constellation Orion may look very different soon if astronomers are right about the giant star Betelgeuse which marks the starry hunter’s right shoulder.
Written by T L Winslow
Ever hear of the Big Lie Theory? The CO2 greenhouse warming theory is a gigantic scientific hoax with ulterior purposes.
It originated back in the 19th century when understanding of thermodynamics was still primitive and atmospheric CO2 levels were low.
Written by Kevin Jiang
In an effort to address the critical public health need for new, safer and more effective medicines to treat pain, a consortium based at the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology (LSP) at Harvard Medical School has launched an ambitious project titled STOP PAIN (Safe Therapeutic Options for Pain and Inflammation).
Written by Dr. Raymond H.V. Gallucci, P.E. (ret.)
Abstract. It has been known for nearly three centuries that, to view a clear image of a star through a telescope, it is necessary to tilt the telescope slightly forward in the direction of the earth’s motion, a phenomenon known as “stellar aberration.”
Written by Tim Ventura
Imagine a battery that runs for years on end, promising endless energy from a clean, safe, environmentally-friendly form nuclear technology. Learn about the compelling quest for a true portable, pocket-sized nuclear battery…
It’s the middle of August and I’m standing in the basement of an aging brick house a few miles outside of Redmond, grateful to be in a cool area on a hot, muggy day.
Written by Ben Pile
2019 was the most extraordinary year of green bullsh*t yet.
Despite the planet being a wealthier, healthier and safer place than it was when fears of global warming first appeared on the political agenda in the 1980s – and despite the failure of more than half a century of green prognostications – crazy and destructive green ideas still dominate politics.
Written by James Gallagher
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It has been a remarkable year of promise in medical science – from inventing ways of treating the untreatable to reversing paralysis and keeping the brain alive after death.
Written by Press Trust of India
The National Capital on Saturday recorded its coldest day of the season as the minimum temperature plummeted to 2.4 degrees Celsius in the morning, officials said.
Dense fog enveloped the city reducing visibility and affecting air traffic and vehicular movement in the streets.
Written by David Siegel
[Editor’s note: This paper was submitted to Nature Climate Change magazine, whose editors refused to review it, saying anything they publish must be “grounded in the current literature.” It is reprinted here by permission of the author. It is not long, and the chart with the green line is important. Please understand what the green line represents.]
Written by Pierre Gosselin
Ingolstadt-today.de reports here on Professor Dr. Jörg Wellnitz from the Technical University in Ingolstadt calling the future of electric cars a “pointless dream”, an opinion shared by many other experts.