The space race was as much about geopolitics as it was about science, adventure, or the spirit of man, or whatever palaver Kennedy was prone to speechifyin’. The simple fact was the Soviet Union had humiliated its Cold War rival by launching the first satellite, then the first human into
Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits
One of the biggest conceits of the left is that they’re on the side of ‘science’. Yes, the people who brought us the panicked failure of Covid policy, and who furiously assert that men can get periods and have babies, are totally all about ‘The Science’. The most egregious
In a werewolf story I read recently, the protagonist (a werewolf) remarks on her new-found senses. Especially smell: “Urine. So much urine. It never occurred to her how surrounded by piss she was at all times every time she stepped into the woods.” Think on that next time you
The list of failed climate predictions is nearly 130 years old, and just keeps growing by the day. From the New York Times’ 1895 claim that Geologists Think the World May Be Frozen Up Again, to the Royal Meteorological Society’s 1938 claim that global warming “is likely to prove
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The effectiveness of ivermectin as a treatment for C-19 is documented via a large, ongoing meta-analysis. Pooling results from all studies, c19ivm.org currently shows statistically significant lower risk for patients receiving ivermectin across multiple C-19 criteria in
Shai Carmi Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Harald Ringbauer Group Leader, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the
Dr Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
There are some must-see events unfolding in our skies in 2024. Unfortunately, for those in the Southern Hemisphere, some of them won’t be seen, such as the upcoming total solar eclipse over North America. Still, there are a few night-sky spectaculars coming up for us southerners. If
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Oxford University’s Principle Trial Collaborative Group published their trial of Ivermectin in outpatient Covid-19 patients in the Journal of Infection on 29 February 2023. In a show of predictably compromised science, the conclusions made by the authors do not
Alexandra Gibson Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington Alex Beattie Research Fellow, School of Health, Victoria University of Wellington All levels of research are being changed by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Don’t have time to read that journal article? AI-powered tools such as
Only a mainstream media journalist could argue that a decline in general intelligence is a good thing. Probably because, if everybody else dumbs down, the numbnuts in the media might finally have something to feel good about themselves. Of course, we, ah, ‘more experienced’ folks always like to think that
Dr Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager
When it comes to the weather, a change is as good as a holiday. One winter some years back, here in Tasmania, we had several months of continual rain, with only a handful of rain-free days. It was maddening. At the other end of the scale, friends who’ve
It’s conveniently forgotten now, but Frank Herbert’s Dune didn’t always enjoy the “SF Classic” status it does today. First published, as many SF novels were at the time, in serial form in a magazine, it struggled to find a book publisher. Its first book appearance, after more
If you ask people who watch a lot of television who the smartest scientist in history was, they’ll almost certainly say either Stephen Hawking or, God help us, Neil deGrasse Tyson. If you’re lucky, they might recall Albert Einstein. But, while at least Hawking was undoubtedly very smart,
