Bias: ‘Arabic Numerals’ Should not be Taught in School
Is the poll that supposedly finds bias concerning arabic numerials a meaningful measurement of anything at all, or does it grossly mislead?
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Guardian is changing Climate language usage
UK’s Guardiuan announced changes to style guide: “Climate emergency” replaces “Climate change”. “Climate denier” instead of “climate skeptic”
Notes from Effective climate change communicators
Being an effective climate science communicatior truly matters. We need those who can inspire and motivate us to take meaningful actions.
The Fake Sex Doctor who Conned the Media
Jennings Brown at Gizmodo, has done a fine piece of investigative journalism that has exposed a fake sex doctor and revealed him to be a fraud
What does the Commons Facebook report tell us?
The UK Parliament’s cross-party Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee published its final report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’ on Monday of this week, 18th February 2019. It is Titled: Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report While generic in nature regarding the issue of Fake News, it is rather damming regarding specific organisations such as … Read more
Is there really a new cure for Cancer?
The internet recently lit up with the exciting announcement that there was a new cure for all cancer. The alpha source for all of this is an article within The Jerusalem Post … here to be precise on 28th Jan… A CURE FOR CANCER? ISRAELI SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FOUND ONE “Our results are consistent and … Read more