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My Son Graduates High School In Two Weeks: JWST Has Been Delayed Longer Than He's Been Alive

My Son Graduates High School In Two Weeks: JWST Has Been Delayed Longer Than He's Been Alive

May 18 2021 | comment(s)

NASA has told us that the James Webb Space Telescope, first funded in 1996 as a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, will miss its launch date again.

An astronomy site worries it's been delayed since 2014.

It's worse than that. It started getting delayed in 2002.
Glyphosate Lawsuits: From $2 Billion To $25 Million On Their Way To $0

Glyphosate Lawsuits: From $2 Billion To $25 Million On Their Way To $0

May 14 2021 | comment(s)

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, located in San Francisco, is unsurprisingly  the most 'progressive' appeals court in the United States. That their judges are so California when it comes to decisions is why they dominate the others when it comes to being overturned by the Supreme Court.

San Francisco is a great place to file a lawsuit if you are anti-science and that is why when a fellow with cancer claimed it was due to a weedkiller, the federal multidistrict litigation lawsuit was filed there.
CNBC: 'Has The CDC Lost Its Sort Of Lofty Perch And If So How Do You Plan To Get It Back?'

CNBC: 'Has The CDC Lost Its Sort Of Lofty Perch And If So How Do You Plan To Get It Back?'

May 13 2021 | comment(s)

When even CNBC is talking about the writing on the wall for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, they know they are in big trouble.
WHO Panel On Coronavirus Was Clearly Told Not To Mention China So It Says All Countries 'Made Mistakes'

WHO Panel On Coronavirus Was Clearly Told Not To Mention China So It Says All Countries 'Made Mistakes'

May 12 2021 | comment(s)

The latest coronavirus pandemic started in Wuhan, China. You'd barely learn that from yet another non-report courtesy of the World Health Organisation, they don't mention it until page 15. You certainly won't learn anything about how it began.
Real World Turbulence Is So Difficult To Understand Even Quantum Turbulence Is Simpler To Model

Real World Turbulence Is So Difficult To Understand Even Quantum Turbulence Is Simpler To Model

May 12 2021 | comment(s)

Turbulence is part of the cultural lexicon. For casual situations where there are short-term challenges that just require some managing, people often say they are experiencing turbulence. Anyone who has taken a few plane trips has experienced the bumpy ride caused by turbulence in the air.

A new technique for studying turbulence in quantum fluids used a mechanical resonator, a miniscule bar 1/1000th the width of a human hair, in superfluid helium near absolute zero temperature to effectively 'trap' a single vortex for study.
Chemicals To Put Out Fires Are 'Riskier' For Firefighters Than Actual Fires? Not According To Science

Chemicals To Put Out Fires Are 'Riskier' For Firefighters Than Actual Fires? Not According To Science

May 10 2021 | comment(s)

A new paper uses emotional verbiage like "forever chemicals" and sketchy correlation to try and claim that fires are not what firefighters should be worried about when the alarm rings, it's the chemicals created by Evil Corporations they should fear.

Firefighters are going to be enraged if they see it, and they should be. It puts their lives at risk. This is not junk science, it isn't science at all.