Category Archives: General Science
“Screaming” Dolphins
While this is definitely a problem for them, this headline seems overwrought. When you’re trying to talk over the noise at a loud party, do you “scream,” or do you just shout? They’re trying to make it sound like pain, or terror.
Ideological Capture Of Scientific Institutions
Roman Concrete
What made it so durable?
The Covid Cult
It’s only one of many. There’s the climate cult, the trans cult, the ESG cult…
The Ideological Capture Of Our Scientific Institutions
At the end of this road lies Lysenkoism. It’s what happens when the government is the primary funder of scientific research.
Anthropology
…is in ruins.
It’s been sick for a very long time, perhaps going all the way back to Margaret Meade.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, link fixed now.
In Which Biological Sex Is Real
Men and women have different responses to an anti-aging therapy.
The Climate Religion
…is rejected by Professor Richard Lindzen.
“There Is No Climate Emergency”
An interview with Judith Curry: