By Paul Bown, Samantha Gibbs, and Sarah Alvarez | – Around 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid struck the Earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, ammonites, and many other species. The asteroid was equally devastating at a microscopic level, driving ocean plankton to near-extinction. This crippled the base of the marine food chain […]
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No, Ben Shapiro, Science isn’t White
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In this clip via Twitter, Ben Shapiro, who is somehow touted as a serious thinker on the Right, alleges that the scientific method is peculiar to something he calls “the West.” He appears to think it consists of Greek empiricism mixed with what he terms a “Judeo-Christian” conviction that to […]
We are about to drive 1 million species to extinction w/out a Revolution in our relationship with Nature
The report reveals the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem function is much less on lands managed by Indigenous peoples and local communities
The Coming Great Satellite Space War between Nuclear-Armed India and Pakistan
In late March, India launched a rocket shooting down one of its satellites, proving it could preemptively “blind” the Pakistanis
A New Space Race? China First to Land on Far Side of Moon
The probe, Chang’e 4, is symbolic of the growth of the Chinese space program and the capabilities it has amassed
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How the Trump Admin’s War on Science is also a War on Ethics
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