Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Vox has the details of a Poll that was run a week ago by Marist and sponsored by NPR/PBS NewsHour. It reveals that many white evangelicals simply do not give a damn about the victims of sexual abuse… Forty-eight percent of white evangelicals say that embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed even … Read more
It is inevitable that within this week’s edition of weird religious news, Brett Kavanaugh is very much the focus. An understanding of what is going on starts with this question – Why have evangelicals tossed their values under the bus? The answer is that they want a supreme court that is populated with right-wing candidates … Read more
For those living in the arctic region, there is no debate regarding the reality of climate change. Each and every year they can see the ongoing decline of sea ice. Every season marks another data point. NSIDC Update If you check out the National Snow and Ice data centre then you can find very precise … Read more
Much has been said and no doubt much more will be said, yet I can’t hold back and do need to point out the rather glaring elephant that sits in the room. The Dr Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh hearings are generating quite a lot of Alternative Facts, we can see this happing in real-time … Read more
If you imagine a line right through the planet from North Pole to South pole then you can use this to visualise in your mind Earth’s spin axis. It is not static, but drifts and wobbles by as much as 4” per year, or 11 yards per century. This “Polar Motion” has been observed but … Read more
The Washington Past has a great article by Chris Mooney and others. Beyond the words we also have some really cool graphics and images. It all rotates around research by Katey Walter Anthony of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks into an Arctic Cauldron that is emitting huge amounts of methane. Titled “Arctic Cauldron”, you can find … Read more
