Science & Society
- Violent People With Less Access To Guns Would Be A Homicide Deterrent
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While criminals will get guns illegally, and people who use guns to commit suicide may not be deterred by anything, people who are already prone to violence would be deterred from homicide by gun law changes, according to a new article which argues that fe ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2018 - 1:56pm
- Yes, Near Certainty Hit By Tiny Asteroid Within Centuries- Chance It Hits You Miniscule- $50 Million Could Retire 70% Of Risk
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This is another of those sensationalist doomsday stories in the red top tabloids scaring people. The stories say that we are 100% certain to be hit by an asteroid. Well, yes, for small asteroids, but we are 100% certain to be hit by lightning too, many ti ...
Article - Robert Walker - May 2 2018 - 9:09am
- Biological Xenophobia?
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Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, who reigned 1867 to 1912), presided over a time of rapid change in the Empire of Japan, as the nation quickly changed from an isolationist feudal state to a ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - May 11 2018 - 11:51am
- Science Triumphs At The EPA. For Now.
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In The Neonic Ban: A Scientific Fraud Becomes Enshrined In EU Regulatory Law, I described the many elements of corruption that led to Europe’s recently announced ban on neonic insecticides (“neonics”) which is based on the fallacy that they are responsibl ...
Article - Henry I. Miller - May 25 2018 - 8:28am
- Nominations For 2018 Sartorius & Science Prize In Regenerative Medicine And Cell Therapy
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If you are a scientist who received their PhD/MD within the past 10 years you can apply for the 2018 Sartorius&Science Prize in Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy by October 1, 2018. The Sartorius Group is a pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment ...
Article - Hank Campbell - May 21 2018 - 12:23pm
- New Model Does NOT Prove Our Civilization Ends In 1 Of 3 Horrible Scenarios- On Track To Support 11 Billion From 2100 On
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Short summary: This is a first paper in what they hope to be a long term study. It’s an interesting project, but it should not be used to predict what will happen to Earth in the future. Instead we should rely on projections by the scientists who are stud ...
Article - Robert Walker - Jun 6 2018 - 2:51pm
- What Has Kim Trump Summit Achieved? Major Start Towards Building Trust- First Step Concessions On BOTH SIDES
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Trump has had a lot of criticism after the summit, with many saying he conceded too much to Kim. I don’t think he did at all myself. The main thing he gave him was a meeting with him, and a couple of days of his time. And he built trust. He thinks that’s ...
Article - Robert Walker - Jun 14 2018 - 3:28pm
- Suicide Nation: What's Behind It?
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Suicide rates in the U.S. have increased nearly 30 percent in less than 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported June 7. These mind-numbing statistics were released the same week two very famous, successful and beloved people comm ...
Article - The Conversation - Jul 6 2018 - 12:07am
- American Indian Kennewick man isn’t related to Clovis boy? Recombinant DNA’s tricks and Ancestry’s quirks. New UPDATE
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Deep ancestry by DNA is not as straight forward as a paternity test. Simplistic assumptions can lead to grave misunderstandings which are not helped by how DNA test are marketed. I had my DNA tested by Ancestry.com and I am waiting for results from Natio ...
Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 24 2018 - 5:24pm
- The Weight Loss Industry Is Full Of Woo
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There is talk in America of adding even more nutrition information to food labels, but as long as entire industries are exempt from evidence-based claims, it won't do much good. It will still be woo central in the supplement, holistic, and weight-loss ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2018 - 2:12pm