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- Cricket will be sport hardest hit by climate change “fundamentally changed” by summer rain Thu, 17 May 18, 4:03amForget the plight of snow skiers who won’t know what snow is – it’s cricket that will be hit hardest. That’s why the sport must take notice of a report published by Climate Coalition, … The...
- Old GOP voters are skeptics, so it takes 20 years to recover from education and wise up to the media Wed, 16 May 18, 2:43amOn Climate, Sharp Generational Divide Within GOP USNews, Alan Neuhauser A Pew survey exposed a stark gap between younger and older Republican voters on global warming and energy policy...
- No kidding – humans happier on sunny days, perfect temp is 25C, freezing days similar to terrorist attacks on US mood Fri, 27 Apr 18, 4:47pmNew research looking at three and a half billion social media posts from tens of millions of individuals showed the very unshocking result that people are happiest on sunny clear days around 25C...
- More afraid of Climate Change Yeti than going to jail Wed, 14 Feb 18, 7:02pm“Valve Turners” in action. The Hi-vis vest will help a lot if that gas leaks. The Five “Valve Turners” broke in and turned off valves on the Keystone Pipeline and four other cross-border pipelines...
- The appliance of science: hope and fear in tomorrow’s world | Jim Al-Khalili Sun, 31 Dec 17, 5:00pmAs advances in gene editing, energy and AI gain momentum, Jim Al-Khalili predicts their impact on our future
- Infamous Milgram experiments repeated: Only a few will stand up against authority Thu, 16 Mar 17, 3:40amThe chilling Milgram experiments have been replicated, and yet again, 9 out of 10 are willing to inflict electric shocks and pain on another person. In these infamous experiments the power of a white lab coat was enough to...
- Globally 91% of wars have nothing to do with climate change Wed, 27 Jul 16, 3:26amClimate change causes war (maybe) and meaningless statistics (definitely)
- Poll: Australians more skeptical. Climate change “dropped off” political radar Wed, 20 Apr 16, 2:02amIn Australia the latest (unpublished) opinion poll shows concern about tackling climate change has fallen from 55% in 2007 to 35%.
- Here’s why women are more likely to care about the climate Thu, 31 Mar 16, 2:09pmEverything is a gender equity issue. Who knew the climate was sexist?
- What you don’t know about the climate (Half page advert in The Australian) Sun, 29 Nov 15, 7:47pmHere’s the full copy of a half page advert in The Australian. In a normal world, this would be discussed at conferences, and reported by science reporters in magazines like New Scientist or Scientific American, or on...
- How many children died because peer reviewed data was buried and results cherry-picked? Sun, 20 Sep 15, 2:37pmThis example below shows the dangers of cherry picked and buried data. It shows how great news and joy can be reported from rancid results, and the only protection against this is open access. When the taxpayer funds research...
- Australian Psychology Society uses biases and fallacies to accuse skeptics of bias and fallacies Fri, 14 Aug 15, 5:18pmIf psychologists want to be taken seriously, and want to be called a “science”, they need to elect a director who knows what science is.
- Psychology and Climate Alarm: how fear and anxiety trump evidence Fri, 7 Aug 15, 2:11pmAcross the West, there is a layer of smart-but-busy intellects who have not been involved in the climate debate. For one reason or another they’ve been too busy setting up IPO’s, doing research projects, or directing...
- Cheaters have been around since the Age of Amoeba Sun, 7 Jun 15, 2:38amYou might think that corruption in science has only been around for 20 or 30 years. But I say this problem has been around since the Age of Amoeba.
- Cheaters have been around since the Age of Ameoba Sun, 7 Jun 15, 2:38amYou might think that corruption in science has only been around for 20 or 30 years. But I say this problem has been around since the Age of Amoeba.