Science
Prehistoric Warfare Was Brutal and Bloody
Ever since Rousseau fondly imagined “noble savages”, it’s been fashionable among certain types of people to imagine that primitive peoples wafted about like hippies with flint tools. Surviving paleolithic cultures are patronised as “at one with their environment” and peaceable and “Zen like”. The truth is brutally different. As
‘You Save as Long as You Have To’
Catherine Rentz propublica.org **This story is the second of a three-part series. “You Save as Long as You Have To” by Catherine Rentz; Illustrations by Isabel Seliger, special to ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this
Stuff’s Pink-Shirt-Hypocrisy
Amanda Vickers voicesforfreedom.co.nz On pink shirt day, Stuff published a long-form piece dedicated to ridiculing and denigrating one of NZ’s leading epidemiologists, Dr. Simon Thornley. Pink shirt day aims to create communities where people feel valued and respected. Stuff’s language includes phrases such as: “feverishly embraces
COVID-19: Why the Lab Leak Theory Must Be Formally Investigated
Virginie Courtier Université de Paris Etienne Decroly Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) Virginie Courtier is the director of research at the CNRS and head of the “Genetics and Evolution” team at the Jacques-Monod Institute in Paris. Etienne Decroly, is research director at the CNRS in the “viral replicases” team at the University
Israeli Scientists Extend Lives of Mice by 23%, Say Same May Be Possible for Humans
rt.com A new study in which scientists extended the lifespan of laboratory mice by 23% through a special protein may pave the way for humans to celebrate 120th birthdays, its authors said. Israeli scientists have boosted the supply of SIRT6 protein – which “controls the rate of healthy aging,” but
Ridd Case Heads to the High Court
Peter Ridd’s case against James Cook University will be heard by the High Court at the end of this month. The case is a potential landmark judgment on academic freedom. But, considering it’s framed against a background of climate alarmism and allegedly dodgy science, don’t expect the
Something Funny Is Happening at the LHC
Isaac Asimov famously said that the most exciting phrase in science is not “Eureka!”, but “That’s funny…” What that means is that the biggest discoveries in science are as often not finding what you were looking for, but finding something completely unexpected. Consider the famous Michelson-Morley experiment. This was
What Are They Building in There?
As I’ve reported for The BFD, the ineluctable realities of demographics and geopolitics are against China’s superpower ambitions. Geopolitically, superpowerdom means a lot more than just military strength. A superpower has the sort of cultural clout that draws other nations into its sphere of influence by a kind
Nuclear Fission, Isotopes, Decay, Transmutation and All That
Marc Grey In two previous articles nuclear power adoption challenges, new designs and failure modes were discussed. The actual mechanics of nuclear fission and related ancillary concepts were not considered. In this article we will describe basic atomic and nuclear concepts, building up to a more detailed description of how
Scientific Racism Makes a Comeback? Woke ‘Nature’ Journal Looking to Hire an Intern – But Only If They’re Black
Graham Dockery rt.com Graham Dockery is an Irish journalist, commentator, and writer at RT. Previously based in Amsterdam, he wrote for DutchNews and a scatter of local and national newspapers. A prestigious science journal is seeking an intern, but only those of a certain race may apply. This isn’
Against the Wuhan Lab Theory
It’s fair to say that David Cole is a contrarian. He first came to attention as a “Jewish Holocaust denier”. Which is untrue, of course: Cole was a revisionist who questioned some claims about the Holocaust, but never denied that it took place. Whatever the merits of his revisionism
Antarctica Isn’t in a Hurry to Melt
Antarctica has been ice-bound for the last 34 million years. During the preceding Eocene epoch (56 to 33.9mya), Antarctica was quite a pleasant place: summer temperatures around 25°C, with palm, conifer and beech forests. But Antarctica’s fate was sealed with the final breakup of the remnants of