Science & Society

The Doomsday Clock Is More Accurately A ‘Symbolic Clock For Averting Disasters’

We get a regular announcment by the bulletin of Atomic Scientists at this time of year every year. It doesn't mean anything is going to happen soon. Indeed their focus is on the long term, not the short term. For instance the Cuban missile crisis did ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 28 2018 - 5:26pm

If Mom Had An Abortion, Teens More Likely To Have One Also

In the developed world, abortions are common despite ubiquitous condoms, birth control and even the "morning after pill"- about 6.7 million per year. In Canada, the teen pregnancy rate is 28 per 1000, with more than 50 percent of those ending in ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2018 - 4:42pm

NO NO NO- A Magnetic Pole Flip Will Not Make Parts Of Earth Uninhabitable

This has been running in numerous sensationalist press stories and other outlets with less careful journalists. It’s all based on a story in Undark by a journalist promoting their new book. And it is full of nonsense, utter codswallop. Here is the origina ...

Article - Robert Walker - Feb 4 2018 - 6:46am

恭賀新禧 And The Moon

To observers in much of North America and East Asia, on January 31 st, the second full moon of the month, passed through Earth’s shadow in a  Super Blue Blood Moon. ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Mar 1 2018 - 1:19pm

Basic Arithmetic: Of Guns and Armed Teachers.

E v en if we ban guns today, in any realistic situation, there would still be tens of millions of guns in circulation.    This fact means that in order to give teachers a real fighting chance,we must be trained and armed.  As a teacher at the college leve ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Feb 23 2018 - 12:53am

Putin- Doesn't Want Nuclear War- Aims For Peace & Renewed START 2 With Updated Credible Deterrent

I’ve had several PM’s and we’ve had comments by scared people in our Doomsday Debunked Facebook group who have read alarmist stories suggesting that Putin threatens to attack the US. If you have read these stories, it is worth listening to his actual spee ...

Article - Robert Walker - Mar 3 2018 - 1:27am

This Article Has Been Removed

Due to concerns expressed by readers, this article has been removed from our site. While meant as satire, the author’s imperfect grasp of the English language came off as deeply offensive to many. Science 2.0 will continue to present a lively and open for ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Jul 11 2018 - 3:05pm

For Trump Kim Talks: How's About A Combined Civilian Space Program As A Route To Reunification Of Korea?

Well, to everyone’s surprise, it seems that Trump and Kim are going to meet. So this is no longer a hypothetical question. (This originates as my answer on Quora to:  What would happen if Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump could meet and talk to resolve the ten ...

Article - Robert Walker - Mar 7 2019 - 4:54pm

On Lawrence Krauss, BuzzFeed, And #MeToo

Large amounts of ink (well, electrons) have been spilt over the web in the past few months to discuss the #MeToo movement. It seems this blog will eventually join the crowd, although a bit belatedly, and with a slightly different viewing angle.  After keep ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Mar 9 2018 - 6:48am

Conspiracy Or Self-Deception, Higher Apes At Crossroad Facing World War III

Trigger Warning [general trigger warning]: My analysis of the current situation is deeply concerning, but there is some hope. As an autistic abnormal of that kind, I try perfecting consistency in my interpretations, insisting on self-critical scientific me ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 7 2018 - 9:10pm