science

Conservapedia Claim: Relativity is a liberal scam to pull people away from the bible

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Meanwhile over at Conservapedia, a place where reality is a far and distant undiscovered country, we have the claim that Relativity is a myth. The page on that explains … The theory of relativity is disproved by numerous counterexamples, but is promoted by liberals who like its encouragement of relativism and its tendency to pull people away from the Bible … so … Read more

Scientific Pirates – rebels with a cause

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Now here is an interesting twist on things, and yet if you think about it, not really a surprise. There now exist websites that provides free access to scientific articles that normally reside behind paywalls, and so the official publisher, Elsevier, has responded by filing a complaint at a New York district court against Library Genesis (LibGen) and Sci-Hub.org(currently at this URL http://www.sci-hub.club, but … Read more

Sentenced to 12.5 Years in Prison within Iran for Facebook Posts

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Iran Human Rights Org reports that .. A Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced artist and civil rights activist Atena Faraghdani to a total of 12.5 years in prison for drawings and content critical of the government that the young activist posted on her Facebook page. …  the authorities particularly fear social media networks, which … Read more

Researchers find millennials are by far the least religious generation

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San Diego University has issued a press release about the largest study ever conducted on changes in Americans’ religious involvement and what it tells us will truly frighten those that believe … SAN DIEGO, Calif. (May 27, 2015)– In what may be the largest study ever conducted on changes in Americans’ religious involvement, researchers led by … Read more

Climate Change – The latest Numbers

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If you still have doubts regarding the reality of Climate Change, then you really do need to read the article that Dan Sung has written within the UK’s Independent. Oh and yes, that picture above comes with the article. Do you remember that US Senator harping on about Climate Change being a myth because the temperature … Read more

Hey this is cool … adding a new dimension by Time-Laspe mining photos

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Now this is cool, a couple of clever chaps from the University Of Washington in conjunction with google have worked out a way of Time-Lapse mining photos from the internet and turning them into a movie of how things change over time. As explained by them …  We introduce an approach for synthesizing time-lapse videos … Read more