Top Election Deceivers of the Week – 1 Nov 2020
This is a selection of the utter lunacy from the past week that emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Jerry Falwell Jr. is suing Liberty University
There has been another development in the Jerry Falwell Jnr saga. He is now suing his own university for making him look bad.
Postal Voting – The Evidence
Are claims of widespread fraud via postal voting credible? You really don’t need me to tell you this – No, Trump’s claim is BS.
Room-temperature superconductivity – Is a new age here?
Have we really finally achieved room-temperature superconductivity? Yes we have, but there is a bit of a catch to how it was achieved.
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet
Ice floe drifting in Svalbard, Norway. Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Steve Petsch, University of Massachusetts Amherst Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This year it measures just 1.44 million square miles (3.74 million square kilometers) … Read more
Why are we attracted to Conspiracy Theories?
Why do humans get ensnared by conspiracy theories that are rather obviously not actually true at all, what is it about us that enables this?