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- In the Accelerator over the Sea 17 hours agoIn our oceans the scale of disasters is measured in millions, billions, and trillions, while solutions amount to single digits: individuals or institutions working to impact a chosen issue with approaches often both brilliant...
- University of Queensland More accurate clocks and sensors may result from a recently proposed experiment, linking an Einstein-devised paradox to quantum mechanics...
- Climate change is likely hampering recovery efforts Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DC– The intensity of summer algal blooms has increased over the past three decades, according to a first-ever global survey...
- The inference crisis: when one third of experts draw the wrong conclusions with “way too much confidence”. one day agoSo much for expert judgement In a test of scientists abilities, the same data was sent to 27 teams of researchers in cognitive psychology. The idea was to test the theoretical inferences they drew. But those expert teams...
- John Bird outlines his new bill to tackle the climate crisis, academics call for protection of tropical habitats and Ahmad O Al-Khowaiter defends Saudi Aramco’s record...
- Modern Scientific Controversies Part 7: The Meat War Fri, 11 Oct 19, 12:00amGuest Essay by Kip Hansen — 10 October 2019 Prologue: This is part of an occasional series of essays that discusses ongoing scientific controversies, a specific type of which are often referred to...
- How vested interests tried to turn the world against climate science Fri, 11 Oct 19, 2:00amFor decades fossil fuel majors tried to fight the consensus – just as big tobacco once disputed that smoking kills
- Revealed: top UK thinktank spent decades undermining climate science Fri, 11 Oct 19, 2:00amInstitute of Economic Affairs has links to 14 members of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
- Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on lithium-ion batteries Wed, 9 Oct 19, 9:08pmJohn B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino honoured for development that sparked portable technology revolution
- Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions Wed, 9 Oct 19, 10:00pmNew data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
- Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for development of lithium-ion batteries – as it happened Wed, 9 Oct 19, 10:26pmJohn B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino made laureates for development that sparked portable technology revolution
- Epidemiology, Diet Soda and Climate Science Mon, 7 Oct 19, 12:00pmGuest Essay by Kip Hansen – 6 October 2019 “Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations...
- New Animal Endangerment Map shows global distribution of threatened animal species Fri, 4 Oct 19, 2:30amToday’s wildlife are in peril, facing a variety of threats that test their survivability. To illustrate the crisis magnitude, a new Animal Endangerment Map has been presented that reflects the conservation status of globally...
- Microplastics accelerate cell death at 3 times the normal rate, study says Fri, 4 Oct 19, 3:30amResearchers from the University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht recently announced that cells exposed to microplastics experience cell death three times faster than those that are not...
- Svensmark on Venus: Mystery of the Unknown UV Absorber Solved? Thu, 3 Oct 19, 11:00pmGuest post by John Tillman Disulfur Dioxide, the Solar Cycle and Cosmic Rays in the Venusian Atmosphere In 1928, Yerkes Observatory astronomer and physicist Frank Ross published a journal paper, “Photographs of Venus”. ...