Category : science

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

New research, October 1-7, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change Understanding the abrupt climate change in the mid-1970s from a phase-space transform perspective Temperature, precipitation, wind Distinguishing trends and shifts fr...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

The Care and Feeding of the Vagina

We are pleased to introduce here a new regular column by Skeptical Inquirer contributing editor and Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Fellow Harriet Hall, MD, well known and respected for her incisive writings on pseudoscience and pseud...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

The Case That CAM is Unethical

More Harm Than Good? The Moral Maze of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. By Edzard Ernst and Kevin Smith. New York: Springer Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-3-319-69940-0. 223 pp. Softcover, $22.99. Edzard Ernst...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

11/10/2018

Adam Rutherford speaks to Dr Tamsin Edwards, a lecturer in Physical Geography at Kings College London and a lead author for the latest IPCC report. Dr Edwards describes what happens in the making of the report, including the summarising of the wealth...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Victims of Hurricane Michael voted for climate deniers

Floridians are staring down a& very powerful& Category 4& typhoon that is causing extensive damage.& The high winds, heavy rains, and storm surge will cost billions of dollars. We know that climate change is making these storms stronger.& The storm...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

An Early ‘Monster’ with an Older History

The Secret History of the Jersey Devil. By Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2018, 147 pp. Hardcover, $24.95; Kindle edition, $23.70. In cryptozoological terms,...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

SkS Analogy 14 - Inertia and Inevitability

Tag Line Inertia is your friend … until it isn’t. Elevator Statement Inertia delays the response …& But for each CO2 level there is a guaranteed response …& & & & & & & Be patient, the response is coming …& & & & &...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

A Telepathy Investigation

A local Italian newspaper, La Nuova Provincia di Biella, published an article titled “Mother and Daughter of Zubiena Communicate Through the Power of Thought.” It reported a telepathic link that seems to exist between Ca...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Multi-Level Menace

If you’ve been around social media lately, you’ll have come across a friend who suddenly is posting about makeup, diet shakes, essential oils, shampoo, or even insurance. Their personality seems somehow different. And th...

by Heidi Harley - 5 years ago

Architecture student from UNAM wins Landscaping Prize

Mexico, Oct. 7 (Notimex).- The student of architecture of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, for its acronym in Spanish), Angel Hernandez Martinez won the International Prize "Carlos Pellegrino", aimed at students from any...