Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The Ivory trade has resulted in poachers seeking out and slaughtering animals such as Rhino and Elephants to such a degree that it is rapidly leading towards, not just the endangerment of species, but complete extinction. The motivation that drives the now illegal poaching is well-understood, as explained by IFLS … The belief that rhino horn treats fevers or … Read more
If your reaction is to shudder because you consider Glyphosphate to be the spawn of Evil Inc (more commonly known as Monsanto), then I would recommend putting that emotional reaction on pause. It is popular within some segments of our culture to embrace the idea that there is something inherently wrong with Glyphosphate, hence it needs to be … Read more
Last month I wrote about May 2016 being the hottest ever May on record, and so we now have the data for June 2016 and guess what? NOAA reports … The average June temperature for the Lower 48 states was 71.8 degrees F, making it the warmest June on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s … Read more
Now this is really interesting news (for some), CERN have announced the discovery of new previously unknown particles … Physicists on CERN’s LHCb collaboration say they’ve observed three new exotic particles – X(4274), X(4500) and X(4700) – and also confirmed the existence of a fourth one, X(4140). According to the scientists, each of these particles contains … Read more
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has sent a letter to all members of congress, and that includes the many climate denialists. It has been signed by 31 leading scientific organisations and is as follows … Dear Members of Congress, We, as leaders of major scientific organizations, write to remind you of … Read more
Bates theorem is named after the Rev. Thomas Bayes (1701–1761), who first formulated it. It is essentially a statistical tool that allows you to work out the probability of something. The Cancer Illustration Let’s quickly illustrate how it works. If you wanted to work out the probability that somebody has cancer and you knew how old they were then you could … Read more