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Siberia on Fire; should we be worried?

May 20, 2024June 25, 2020 by Dave
record breaking heatwave in siberia

Reports of warm weather in Siberia happening in the summer sounds silly. Dig into details and what you discover is that it is unprecedented.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, news, science Tags climate, heatwave, siberia

Climate Questions: Is the warming natural or is it us?

December 20, 2020June 24, 2020 by Dave
why is the world getting warmer

Do naturally occuring orbital variations offer an explanation for global warming and it is not really our CO2 emissions? (Hint: No)

Categories Climate Change, education, science Tags climate, orbit, warming

Are There 36 Intelligent Alien Civilisations In Galaxy?

June 23, 2020 by Dave
Alien Civilisations

What is basis behind the recent claims that there are 36 alien civilizations within our Galaxy, is this just the tabloids or is it serious?

Categories media, science, Skepticism Tags alien, study

Health & Safety Regulations Backfire with Conservatives

June 19, 2020 by Dave
regulations

New research reveals that conservative consumers can react negatively to guidance issued by government agencies: they see a threat to freedom

Categories consumer, politics, psychology, science, society, study Tags backfire, Conservatives, government, regulations, study

COVID-19 : The Dexamethasone saga

July 9, 2020June 18, 2020 by Dave

The steroid Dexamethasone has been hailed as a new wonder drug for tackling COVID-19. Things are not quite as presented to us.

Categories Health, media, Medicine, science, Skepticism

What is the COVID-19 death rate?

December 23, 2023June 16, 2020 by Dave
COVID-19 IFR

Knowing the COVID-19 Fatality Rate is very important. It tells us how seriously we should take it and how to respond. What is that rate?

Categories Medicine, science Tags COVID-19, death rate, Fatality rate, IFR, studies
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