Alarmists Face Record Meltdown

Written by Tony Heller

After telling us all year that the Arctic was record hot and will be ice-free or at a record low this summer – climate alarmists face a record meltdown of their scam.

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Asteroid family is as old as the Solar System itself

Written by Jon Fingas

To date, astronomers haven’t seen asteroid families (that is, asteroids with a common source) in the Solar System older than about 3 billion years — well after the star system came to be 4.5 billion years ago. However, they’ll have to rethink their expectations.

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Humans’ closest relative may also suffer from Alzheimer’s

Written by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Humans are the only animal known to develop Alzheimer’s disease, and an official diagnosis requires checking off this list of three things: dementia, which is observed through screenings, and two pathologic markers—amyloid plaques (sticky bunches of misfolded proteins) and neurofibrillary tangles (tau proteins clumped together and twisted around).

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Weird worm-lizard creature looks like a serpentine centaur

Written by Sarah B. Puschmann

With just its head and front legs peeking out from its underground burrow, the Mexican mole lizard could pass for a slender, pink lizard — until it emerges completely, its body etched with an earthworm-like ring. But despite its regular lizard-like appearance, the reptile doesn’t have any hind legs. To the uninitiated, this lizard-on-top, worm-on-the-bottom creature appears to be a sort of serpentine centaur.

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Cold vs Heat as the Primary Cause of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Written by Dr. Craig Idso

In introducing their study of this important subject, Claeys et al. (2017)* write that “acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide and are usually precipitated by coronary thrombosis, which is induced by a ruptured or eroded atherosclerotic plaque that leads to a sudden and critical reduction in blood flow,” citing the prior pertinent studies of Davies and Thomas (1985), Nichols et al.

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No Direct Human Health Risk Under a CO2 Exposure of 3000 ppm

Written by Dr. Craig Idso

Paper Reviewed
Liu, W., Zhong, W. and Wargocki, P. 2017. Performance, acute health symptoms and physiological responses during exposure to high air temperature and carbon dioxide concentration. Building and Environment 114: 96-105.

At its present concentration (~405 ppm), atmospheric CO2 poses no direct health threat to human or animal life. However, in a world where fake news seems to get more media exposure than the truth, unfounded rumor and false fears are spread that rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations are causing a host of human health-related maladies.

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