

DISPROVEN, NOT DISCARDED
I was recently looking for some statistics on iatrogenesis . That's just a fancy term for the medical system screwing up and causing harm...
Mar 293 min read


SILLY WHALES
We’ve never really known a lot about blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus ); yes, despite our long history near and on the sea, blue...
Feb 232 min read

NO BRAINER: HOW APHANTASIA IS LIKE ATHEISM
Maybe twenty years ago I was writing about the strangeness of finding myself labelled an ‘atheist’. To begin with, I argued that...
Jan 1210 min read


SO WHAT IS THIS ABOUT, EXACTLY?
So what is this fluoride panic about? It’s certainly not about the existing evidence.
Nov 6, 20249 min read


WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
This is what I understood my ancestry to look like: My father’s family name is extremely English and my mother’s maiden name is a sort of...
Sep 1, 20245 min read


PROBLEM SOLVING - A CAUTIONARY TALE
I was wanting to learn about and write something on how leaded gasoline became a thing. But then I came upon the biography of its...
Aug 31, 20246 min read


SYSTEMIC OR DISCRETE?
For years we were hearing about the replication crisis in the world of psychology; how so much accepted work in the field had never been...
May 15, 20242 min read


"DOOMSDAY GLACIER"
IS THIS HELPING ANYTHING? • The “Doomsday Glacier” Is Irreversibly Melting, Researchers Say “It could fall apart quickly, in decades.”...
Dec 20, 20223 min read


SCALE AND PERSPECTIVE
Someone once asked: If I’m not mistaken, you are arguing for humanity banding together to protect ourselves from a plethora of potential...
Feb 24, 202216 min read


ORGANIC? MAYBE NOT...
It's easy to find folks promoting organic. Abundant are claims that organic farming reduces environmental pollutants and greenhouse gas...
Feb 20, 20223 min read


CHOOSE YOUR OWN REALITY
[A SOCIALLY DISTANCED PANDEMIC PUB QUIZ] 1) COVID-19 will: A) Soon be forgotten B) Decide to disregard natural and anthropogenic...
Jan 23, 202217 min read


Jul 23, 20210 min read

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SPECIES [NOT] AT RISK
Somehow polar bears became the symbol of climate change and species extinction. It makes some sense how this creature arrived at it...
Jan 3, 20214 min read


WILL WE EVER HAVE A COVID VACCINE?
I’ve had nearly every common and exotic shot and oral immunization available. In my youth I was given all the typical ones nearly every...
Dec 29, 202014 min read