Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The diversity of life within Puerto Rico’s Luquillo rainforest has been measured over meany decades. A new study reveals that when recent measurements are compared with measurements acquired during the 1970s the results are truly shocking. It is not a “Oh that’s interesting” moment, but rather is an “Oh shit” moment. Terms such as “Alarming” or … Read more
Trump did once famously tweet that Climate Change was a Chinese Hoax, but that was six years ago, so the question I’m really asking is to wonder if he has changed his mind. We do have a bit of insight because during his recent 60 minute interview he was pressed on the topic. So what … Read more
It has been a few weeks since I last did a weird religious news posting. Perhaps in that time all has gone quiet and the religious right-wing have started to behave with decency, honour, and integrity. [Takes a quick look] er …. no, that’s not how things have panned out, and I’m not exactly surprised. … Read more
While officially Saudi Arabia is our “friend”, they are also the number one abuser of basic human rights on the planet. What has happened is neither new nor unique, but instead is a hideous act that has thrown a spotlight upon one of the most repressive and barbaric regimes on the planet. The entrapment and … Read more
This has popped into the news recently, but actually goes back about three years to 2015. As an echo our our relationship with wolves roughly about 40,000 years ago a band of Monkeys were observed to be forging an alliance with some wolves in Ethiopia. The Study: Solitary Ethiopian wolves increase predation success on rodents when … Read more
Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis, writing in the Washington Post, illustrate the reality of the flooding threat from rising seas. They open with a description that lays it out in rather stark terms … The old city of Dubrovnik, clinging to the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, is one major storm away from a flood … Read more