By Heidi Harley

science / science - 3 weeks ago

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #45 2024

Open access notables Anthropogenic warming has ushered in an era of temperature-dominated droughts in the western United States, Zhuang et al.,& Science Advances: Historically, meteorological drought in the western United States (WUS) has been driven primarily by precipitation deficits. However, ou...

science / science - 3 weeks ago

Should we bring back extinct animals?

A woolly mammoth by 2028.That’s the bold claim from US company Colossal Biosciences, who say research is under way that will make this possible.But even if we have the technology to bring back a long dead species, should we? We hear the arguments for and against de-extinction.Also this week, what wi...