Should you be worried about Ouija boards?
Stories about the danger of Ouija boards are once again circulating. What is the evidence of harm, what do we actually know?
Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study
”tipping point could be much closer. As much as 40% of the existing Amazon rainforest is now at a point where it could exist as a savannah”
Who were the Top Lunatics last Week? – 11 Oct 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
Nobel 2020 – Peace
World Food Programme (WFP) has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize this year. A good choice, they have made a differece to millions of people.
Nobel 2020 – Literature
Nobel Literature 2020 – Poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.
Nobel Prize 2020 – Chemistry
2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry – awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”