Science
A World of Precious Metals
As I reported in The BFD late last year, a planned robotic mission to the asteroid Psyche 16 is significant for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is believed that Psyche 16 is a fragment of a smashed proto-planet: a leftover from the early, violent days of the formation
Maori Myth Is Not Science
Ross Meurant hobsonspledge.nz Ross Meurant, B.A M.P.P. resigned from the police at inspector rank in 1987 to enter Parliament as a National MP. Today he is Honorary Consul for Morocco and trustee and CEO of commercial assets owned by absentee Russian investors. As a former detective
Why Smart People Get Suckered by ‘Trust the Science’
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Has there ever been a time in history when the public has been asked to “trust the science” more? This week the the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report which UN Secretary General António Guterres described as
Out with Weather Events, In with Settled Science
Having watched TV One News on Tuesday night I was confronted with the cataclysmic disclosure that it was no longer possible to plan a prolonged future due to the world exploding from uncontrollable combustion and then having all its hard work extinguished by substantive flooding! My first thought was “swings
If You Want to Jail Your Critics, You’re Not a Scientist
A famous quote attributed to Winston Churchill says that, “The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists”. Despite the almost certainty that Churchill never said it, it remains a useful quote. Too often, those decrying some evil are themselves equally guilty of it. As Churchill did say, “Nazism
Jordan Peterson Shows You a Video of DNA Fixing Itself
If mankind has the nouse to figure out and show this level of detail how DNA works, how is it possible that the world is run by imbeciles?
Are These the World’s Oldest Animals?
When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, the book caused an uproar. Darwin’s was the most serious challenge to Biblical literalism since Galileo. He also made a great many people uncomfortable simply by dethroning the image of humans as specially created in the divine image.
The Carbon Footprint Con
Dr. Jay Lehr cfact.org CFACT Senior Science Analyst Jay Lehr has authored more than 1,000 magazine and journal articles and 36 books. Jay’s new book A Hitchhikers Journey Through Climate Change written with Teri Ciccone is now available on Kindle and Amazon. Whoever came up with the
Vaccines: Give Us Straight Talk, Not Propaganda
So, “vaccine hesitancy” is the latest witch being hunted by the global Ministry of Truth. For the past few years, we’ve been treated to an endless cavalcade of hysterical campaigns against every Goldstein imaginable, from “white supremacy”, to “denialists”, to “Covidiots”. But, if the media-political elite really want
Foolish Academics
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The utter foolishness of so many academics is constantly brought to our attention. But it’s never been more disgracefully displayed than by Auckland university hierarchy’s sheer mind-blowing stupidity in condemning five of their number for speaking the truth, namely, there’s no
Stupid Journalists More Likely to Write Rubbish about Science
It’s not for nothing that my First and Second Laws of the Media are: Never believe a headline and When an article claims, “Science says…” or “A new study shows…”, assume that it doesn’t until proven otherwise. Newshub has just proved the wisdom of these rules, in spectacular
Twitter Suspends Science Writer after He Posts Results of Pfizer Clinical Test
Jonathan Turley ronpaulinstitute.org Just yesterday, we discussed the censoring of a commentator by Twitter for merely expressing an opinion over the need for a “pause” on any federal mandates on Covid-19 as new research is studied. Now, a former New York Times science reporter, Alex Berenson, has been
The Great Barrier Reef Is Healthier Than Ever
Like Mark Twain, polar bears and the Arctic ice cap, the death of the Great Barrier Reef has been greatly exaggerated. The Reef has long been up there with polar bears as one of the great poster children of climate alarmism. The supposed threat to the Reef is one of
New UFO-Hunting Project Mooted
The recent release of a Pentagon report on “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” generated the expected flurry of hyperbole from the media and the usual gaggle of quacks and pseudoscientists. “Pentagon says UFOs are real!” they gibbered. Well, yes. “UFO” means, remember, Unidentified Flying Object. If they were identified, then they wouldn’