Lachie Scarsbrook University of Oxford Kieren Mitchell Nic Rawlence University of Otago Kieren Mitchell’s research revolves around determining the relationships among different species and groups of animals as a framework for studying broader evolutionary processes, such as adaptation, convergence, dispersal, diversification, and extinction. Nic Rawlence has an undergraduate degree
Paul Driessen cfact.org Paul Driessen is senior policy advisor for CFACT and author of Cracking Big Green and Eco-Imperialism: Green Power – Black Death. Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser thinks people worldwide have a “human right” to come to the United States, legally or illegally. Our nation’s capital proudly
The National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land released yesterday purports to protect the “most-productive” land from urban development. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says: Today’s changes enhance protection for our highly productive land giving farmers, growers and other food producers certainty into the future, and provide greater economic
Well, that’s according to a study as reported by none other than the BBC. Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the world as much as $12tn (£10.2tn) by 2050, an Oxford University study says. The report said it was wrong and pessimistic to claim that
Kristoffer Mousten Hansen mises.org Kristoffer Mousten Hansen is a research assistant at the Institute for Economic Policy at Leipzig University. He received his PhD from the University of Angers and is a former Mises Institute research fellow. Earlier this year, Our World in Data celebrated the fact we have
Michael Heithaus Florida International University Dr. Mike Heithaus is dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education (CASE) and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University (FIU). A marine ecologist specializing in predator-prey interactions and the ecological importance of sharks and other large marine species,
Fox hunting is a British cultural practice at least centuries, probably millennia, old. Hunting with hounds in Britain goes back to pre-Roman times. Fox hunting as we know it – all scarlet coats, horses, hounds and Tally Ho! – is a more recent evolution. It’s a cultural practice almost exclusively associated
Are dugongs really “functionally extinct” in China? That was the big environmental news, this week. But, as I always warn: When an article claims, “science says…” or “new study shows…”, assume that it doesn’t until proven otherwise. That means you should always try and go to the original source,
Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz Warning Satire An unnamed Auckland man whose wife bought a set of personalized plates for his birthday to fit to his new Tesla is facing derision from his mates as well as the wider community. “I chose the Tesla as it enabled me to show
Daniel Falk University College Cork Since I was a child I wanted to become a dinosaur scientist – a palaeontologist. In 2014 I did it! I currently don’t deal with dinosaurs, but with Eocene individuals and their skeletal taphonomy and soft-tissue preservation (“Geiseltal collection”, Germany). However, I still have a
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How deep should the taxpayer go to bail people out of the consequences of their own foolish decisions? All the way, it seems. The Bible warns against foolish people who build their houses on foundations of sand. Then there are the people who build their houses on floodplains – and are
It looks as if Germany and Japan are both making their smartest decisions since running up the white flag in 1945. In a big ol’ middle finger to the Climate Cult, both nations are reviving their nuclear industries, after the post-Fukushima panic. Despite its apocalyptic image, outside of the communist-enabled
If you’ve ever wanted to get an idea of the sheer size of modern wind turbines, just pull your car over while a truck carrying a single blade crawls past, taking up most of the highway. Then remember that that’s just one blade, on one turbine, out of
Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods expects Lake Onslow will contribute to NZ’s 100 per cent renewable energy system. MBIE has spent over $8m on the feasibility study of pumped hydro at Lake Onslow. If the scheme proceeds, it will be NZ’s largest hydro project ever and
