The Cult Don’t Want to See How Great the Reef Is Doing
For the last three years, the Great Barrier Reef has had record coral cover.
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The DNA Zookeeper Who Decoded the Woolly Mammoth Genome
A mammoth step for conservation… and perhaps resurrection?
C-19: An Orchestrated Litany of Lies
They were not very good scientists before the pandemic and they are still not very good now
Are Robotaxis Prepared to Pick up Fares?
The hopes of a safer, easier world have proven elusive for the manufacturers of robotaxis. Hundreds of accidents with prototypes have attracted investigations.
Female Adolescents Hit Hard During C-19 Lockdowns
Incidents of self-harm among adolescent females were notably higher than expected.
Don’t Swim after Eating or the Cocaine Sharks Will Get You
Home-spun wisdom gets busted and sharks get wired.
The NIH’s Latest Attempt to Incite Fear
But the reality and the science continue to prove that natural immunity is protective and durable, and this is especially true for those in good health and younger age groups.
Gain of Function, Loss of… Everything Else
Any research activity or sponsorship of scientific endeavors that are capable of mass extinction, such as GOF, must be subjected to a higher level of accountability and scrutiny by our elected leaders.
The Vanishing Islands That Just Won’t
The NYT is almost palpably disappointed to find the Maldives are still there – and growing.
What’ll They Do When the Smokers Vanish?
How can smoking cancers “peak” half a century after smoking did?
Sitting Is the Opposite of Standing
Michelle Aitken Michelle is interested in the relationships between science, culture, and policy. She has a background in performing arts and hospitality, and is a MEAA member. Sitting Sitting is the opposite of standing Sitting is the opposite of running around Sitting is a wonderful thing to do As Particle’
A Conservation conundrum With Pest Control
Florence Sperring Research Officer, Faculty of Science, School of Biological Sciences, Clarke Lab, Monash University Rohan Clarke Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences When pest rats and mice decimate populations of native species, pest control is a no-brainer. But what if baiting rats protects threatened songbirds, while poisoning critically endangered
The Fraught Relationship Between Science and Power
Toby Rogers Toby Rogers has a PhD in political economy from the University of Sydney in Australia and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of California, Berkeley. I would like to start a conversation on the relationship between science and power. By “science” I mean the field
When Family Connections Are Closer than You’d Like
The widespread adoption of DNA testing from genealogy websites has had some intriguing outcomes. Law enforcement have used family trees to trace down suspects in cold cases, most famously the Golden State Killer. On a more personal level, DNA tests have rattled skeletons in family closets, unearthing unexpected siblings, secret