Nobel 2019 – Peace
The Highly political and very dubious Nobel Peace prize for 2019 has been announced. Was it a good choice or a bizarre selection this year?
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Do Not Feed The Climate Trolls
ScienceAlert, the Australian based website that promotes general science news, has announced a comment policy in response to an unprecedented degree of trolling on their Facebook page. Climate Trolls appear to be swarming whenever a climate related science posting is published. Let’s dive in and see what is happening. What exactly is a comment troll? … Read more
Why is Religion declining?
Over the last three decades a new demographic has emerged – the nones. Why are people who associate with being not religious increasing?
The answer is of course 42
A bit of fun today, but first some background. You might, or perhaps might not, be aware that the answer to life, the universe, everything is 42. If you are familiar with this specific cultural meme then you will of course instantly recognise this as part of the plot from the 1979 book by Douglas … Read more
Trollbot swarms
What is a trollbot, and what are they currently being deployed to do on social media platforms? How can we actually see what is happening?
CBS News Poll: “climate change should be addressed now”
New CBS News Poll reveals that the majority think that climate change is quite real and also are willing to take meaningful action.