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Top 5 Surprising Facts about James Webb Space Telescope that many don’t know

September 2, 2024December 30, 2021 by Dave
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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

Categories astronomy, news, science Tags James Webb, james webb space telescope, NASA Leave a comment

Sci-Hub: You must not do this – I explain why.

November 26, 2023December 17, 2021 by Dave
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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.

Categories news, science, technology Tags Sci-Hub, science 1 Comment

Ex-Pfizer scientist wins award for being an ignorant fool

May 20, 2024December 10, 2021 by Dave
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UK’s Skeptic magazine has announced 2021 Ockham Awards. One goes to somebody for doing good stuff. Other recognises worst pseudoscience.

Categories Award, Critical Thinking, Skeptic news, Skepticism Tags Crank, Mike Yeadon, Ockham Award, rusty razor Leave a comment

Are the new Antivirals a COVID Pandemic Game Changer?

August 13, 2024November 17, 2021 by Dave
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What will be the impact on the COVID Pandemic of the 2 newly announced antivirals, will they truly be a game-changer and get us out of this?

Categories biology, Health, humans, Medicine, science Tags antiviral, covid, Molnupiravir, Paxlovid 1 Comment

Those that Believe Weird COVID Conspiracy Claims more likely to get COVID

November 4, 2021 by Dave
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A recently published study verifies that embracing one or more of the bizarre COVID Conspiracy beliefs leads to many negative life outcomes.

Categories Health, news, psychology, science, society Tags beliefs, conspiracy, covid, psychology Leave a comment

Does tackling Climate Change really matter?

May 20, 2024November 1, 2021 by Dave
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COP26 is in progress. It is a key pivotal moment for our species to commit to meaningful change. If we don’t, then our future will be bleak.

Categories Climate Change, environment, news, science Tags #COP26, Climate Change, COP26 2 Comments
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