Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
(The posting below is a writing experiment. I’m interleaving cold hard facts, the latest climate data, along with a metaphorical and totally fictitious micro-story about one lone remote cinema. Why? Data can be dull, it is an attempt to say something about how we as a species are not responding to the data in any … Read more
In a rapidly warming world, politicians pay lip service to addressing climate change. Meanwhile CO2 levels continue to climb ever upwards
Dr. Oz popped up to abuse a pre-print of a scientific paper purely for personal gain. His track record of bad advice is long established.
A great deal of excitement has been generated by the JWST launch. I’ve created a list of 5 surprising things about it that are not well known
Many scientific papers sit behind paywalls. What you must never ever do is go to Sci-Hub and download them completely free to bypass that.
UK’s Skeptic magazine has announced 2021 Ockham Awards. One goes to somebody for doing good stuff. Other recognises worst pseudoscience.