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A former consultant for the Australian Greenhouse Office writes in The Australian about the lack of evidence pointing to carbon dioxide emissions as the cause of global warming. (He was actually the one who wrote the FullCAM model that measures Australia’s compliance with Kyoto.)
When I started that job in 1999 the evidence that carbon [...]

This was gonna be the start of a big long rant in which I marvel at how intolerant progressives can be. I would’ve particularly focused on my amazement at the fact that so many atheists are aggressively intolerant of the sincere religious beliefs of others — for instance,
“I watched my father-in-law die this weekend. [...]

One of the odder ideas associated with evolutionary theory is the notion that it should be used to direct and inform biological research. Actually, the oddity is that it should (or simply is, in the strong form of the notion) direct and inform all research in biology and medicine.
The odd part of this is [...]

A while back Scripps decided to set up a branch in Florida. Specifically, in the county due south of where I grew up.
“Why not come work here?” people asked. “They’re doing science, you do science, it’s a great fit.”
“Not the same kind of thing,” I told people. They’re a lot [...]

Although the authors are both on the side of science, they have not always agreed about the best ways to oppose religiously motivated threats to scientific practice or instruction…. In a dialogue they re-create here, the authors explained their respective tactics for engaging the enemy
Scientific American, June 19 2007
“The authors” are Richard Dawkins and Lawrence [...]

Or rather, a high school student won the Intel Science Talent Search by building a Raman spectroscope at home for about $300. “Using a laser as her light source, Mary tested several household objects and solvents and compared her results to published wave numbers.” I’m not 100% sure this is worth $100,000 scholarship…
On [...]