SCIENCE was once about matching theory with reality. According to American physicist and historian Thomas Kuhn this perhaps more than anything else contributed to the phenomenal progress made by scientists over the last 400 years. But many people … [Read more...] about Unable and Unwilling to Consider the Evidence: Our ABC
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Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
REMEMBER Henrick Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen and cosmic ray theory [1]: the idea from these Danish physicists and climate scientists that global climate may be mediated by changes in the flux of galactic cosmic rays because cosmic ray are … [Read more...] about Supernovae Affecting Global Climate and Ocean Biodiversity and Productivity
Answers for Simon Birmingham, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin
LATE last year several of my friends sent off postcards as part of the Australian Environment Foundation’s Rivers Need Estuaries Campaign. You can still send a postcard and sign the petition here: http://listentous.org.au/ There is a choice of … [Read more...] about Answers for Simon Birmingham, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin
Britain Gives Shale Gas Fracking Green Light: Benny Peiser
The UK government on Tuesday backed the exploration of shale gas nearly one year after it temporarily banned the drilling method which triggered two earthquakes in Britain but that has also revolutionised the U.S. energy market. An expert report … [Read more...] about Britain Gives Shale Gas Fracking Green Light: Benny Peiser
Brown Leaves Greens
ON Friday, the leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, announced he was stepping down and also retiring from Australian federal politics. Miranda Devine has a piece in today's Herald Sun that begins: "THE intergalactic phones still … [Read more...] about Brown Leaves Greens
NASA Rebuked for Promoting AGW
Many of my colleagues are saying there are lots of signs about that its already the beginning of the end of an era, in particular that it will soon no longer be popular to believe in anthropogenic global warming (AGW). Breaking news today is the … [Read more...] about NASA Rebuked for Promoting AGW
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
