As I posted recently, the emergence of WWI-era Alpine bunkers previously buried under ice raises an awkward question or two. If, as the Climate Cult insist, glaciers in retreat now is because of human-induced global warming, what caused them to obviously retreat far enough for soldiers to dig bunkers over
In a previous article, we touched on the unfinished nature of Covid vaccine phase III trials. This whole business of clinical trials could do with some examination, so in this article, we will cover what the various phases are and discuss why there is confusion about what ‘finished’ means (particularly
Jordan Schachtel ronpaulinstitute.org What a small world we live in. The “Nu variant” scare you keep hearing about is coming from the same people and institutions that spawned the last COVID scare, and the one before that, and the one before that one, dating back all the way to
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of
Graham Adams fsu.nz Graham Adams has been involved in publishing in New Zealand for the past 40 years as a journalist, columnist, reviewer, magazine editor and subeditor. He has also worked as a book editor and screenwriter. He has a BA in psychology and French, and a MA in
I am, it must be said, something of a creature of habit. Even though I rarely use an alarm (the very thought literally keeps me awake at night), I wake at the same time nearly every day. Once up, my day follows a pretty set bibulous routine: a massive mug
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. You may think that climate science is complicated and that the scientists who are alarmed about climate change know what they are doing. Well, yes and no. The climate
Whatever else, Australian media personality “Dr Karl” Kruszelnicki is no slacker. Besides graduating as a physicist in the late 60s, Dr Karl also worked as a taxi driver, mechanic and roadie. He commenced his medical degree in his early 30s. When friends commented that he would be in his 40s
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and Computation.
“Social media pseudo-science, superstition and other forms of cerebral masturbation about Covid-19.” Tom O’Connor, Stuff, 15 November 2021 A Stuff article, under the heading Locally-made ‘disinformation’ draws global scorn. Covid-19: A paper on vaccination in pregnancy co-authored by Simon Thornley has been panned by experts around the world,” Stuff
Someone who donates their body to scientific research might have a reasonable expectation their remains will be put to some useful purpose. Training medical students, perhaps. Even being turned into a crash-test dummy might ultimately save lives. Whatever the science-minded deceased might have expected, being turned into a grotesque sideshow
Owen Jennings F.A.R.M NZ farmers are leading the way under the “net emissions target” set by the Government. “Ruminant methane emissions from New Zealand livestock are, by any definition, at net zero now, thirty years ahead of CO2 emitters,” according to F.A.R.M Chairman Robin
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One thing that’s particularly notable about millenarian doomsday cults is that they’ll never admit they’re wrong. It’s as true of Kent Hovind and Jeanne Dixon, as it is of climate alarmists or the Branch Covidians. But at least nutters like Hovind and Dixon have the excuse
Kylie Quinn RMIT University Dr Kylie Quinn is an RMIT University Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow and leads the new Ageing and Immunotherapies Group. Her group is developing ways to improve immune responses in older individuals during infection, vaccination, and new cell-based therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy
