by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
This is a& re-post from DeSmogUK by Mat Hope It has been a heck of a few days in the spotlight for Cambridge Analytica& —& a ‘political consultancy’ that confesses it likes to operate in the& shadows. Revelations continue to& emerge...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds. By Daniel C. Dennett. W.W. Norton, New York, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-393-24207-2. 496 pp. Hardcover, $28.95, Softcover, $18.95. For most of human history, p...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
This is a& re-post from Carbon Brief by Robert McSweeney The warming the world has already experienced could be enough to melt more than a third of the world’s glaciers outside Antarctica and Greenland &- regardless of current efforts to reduce...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
I have a soft spot for lamassu. Ten-foot-tall statues of these winged bull-men guarded the entrances to ancient Assyrian palaces. Show me lamassu, or apkallu—human-shaped winged deities—or other reliefs from the Neo-Assyrian capital of Nineveh, and y...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
In 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that& carbon dioxide is an air pollutant, which means that if it poses a threat to public health or welfare, the EPA must regulate it under the Clean Air Act. In 2009, the EPA completed its review of the climate sc...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Mental models and frameworks guide the way we make decisions in everyday life -- but what are they, where do we get them, and how can we make sure we're not sticking with outdated defaults? The Cheat Sheet: Mental models are our beliefs about oursel...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
As spring and Brexit loom, Adam Rutherford examines what stance the UK might take on neonicotinoids. The pesticide has been shown to harm bee populations by many scientific studies. Now, the largest report of its kind has put pressure on the EU to vo...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Everyone is talking About Stephen Hawking. My good friend Explained how time can end. And clued us in On how time can begin. Always droll, He spoke about a hole: “Now, wait a minute, Jack, A black hole ain’t so black!” Those immorta...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
A former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia are in a serious condition after being exposed to a nerve agent on Sunday. The first police officer to attend the scene also remains in hospital. It is being treated as 'a major incident in...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
In order to welcome high value people into our lives, we have to make sure we're leading with value ourselves. Here's what we can do to make it happen. The Cheat Sheet: Even the highest value people have bad days where they exhibit low value behavio...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. Si estás leyendo esta columna, es porque te has beneficiado con los avances científicos y tecnológicos que han transformado la economí...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
With many parts of the country seeing large snowfalls we ask what's driving our current weather? What factors need to be in place to create snowfalls, and how do these differ from sleet or frozen rain? And we address the impact of climate change, whi...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Your heroes and role models are probably what most would consider high value people. Listen to this episode of The Art of Charm to learn how to soar to their inspirational ranks rather than sinking to the selfish temptations of low value living. The...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
Each year, 10000 physicists descend on one of America’s finest inner cities in a ritual known as the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. If you are thinking that this is going to be one big nerd fest, you’re about right. From...
by Heidi Harley - 6 years ago
If you are reading this column, you have likely benefited from the scientific and technological advances that have transformed the world’s economy. For well-educated professionals who form the core audience for popular science maga...