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Wingnut Weekly – 19 July 2020

May 20, 2024July 19, 2020 by Dave

Wingnut weekly – a selection of weirdness from the past week that emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics

Categories fundamentalists, nutters, politics, religion Tags fundamentalists, politics, religion, right-wing, wingnut Leave a comment

Science Journal Retracts Rat Penis Enlargement Paper for Promoting Homeopathy

April 15, 2024July 17, 2020 by Dave
Science Journal Retracts Rat Penis Enlargement Paper for Promoting Homeopathy

Science Journal Retracts Rat Penis Enlargement Paper for Promoting Homeopathy. Researchers had hidden the fact that it was Homeopathy.

Categories Health, Homeopathy, Humor, Medicine, science, Skepticism, study Tags enlargement, homeopathy, Impaza, penis, Retraction Leave a comment

Siberian heatwave of 2020 almost impossible without climate change

July 16, 2020 by Dave

Newly published study reveals that the Siberian heatwave and Arctic temperature record virtually ‘impossible’ without global warming.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, science, study Tags Siberian heatwave, World Weather Attribution Leave a comment

Hostility to Face Masks – Lessons From 1918

December 23, 2023July 15, 2020 by Dave
face masks

During the 1918 flu crises face masks were deployed and then resisted by some who refused to comply. What lessons can we learn from that?

Categories consumer, Crisis, Health, Medicine, society Tags 1918, face masks, masks Leave a comment

The impact of Rising Ocean temperatures on Fish

November 25, 2020July 14, 2020 by Dave
fish

Newly published study reveals that 60% of fish species could be unable to survive in current areas by 2100 if we don’t take decisive action.

Categories Climate Change, news, science, study Tags bottleneck, fish, fish stocks, ocean temperature Leave a comment

The Arctic Ecosystem is changing

July 13, 2020 by Dave
arctic

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered a surprising shift in the Arctic Ocean. Exploding blooms of phytoplankton.

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, news, science, study Tags Arctic, ecosystem, phytoplankton, regime shift Leave a comment
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