Tag Archives: Science

Nature News – A world without mosquitoes

Mos­qui­toes, appar­ently we don’t need them for the web of life to keep working.

Scientific American – The New Normal? Average Global Temperatures Continue to Rise

More and more the norm for local weather bears out that our planet is becom­ing warmer and warmer.

Going, Going, Gone – SeedMagazine.com

Helium is quickly being depleted from the US.

Last supper ‘has been super-sized’, say obesity experts – BBC News

Food por­tions in depic­tions of “The Last Sup­per” have increased right along with real serv­ing sizes.

Did Monbiot try to understand climate science? – John Graham-Cumming

I'll admit that the rest of the paper has some harder con­cepts (stan­dard devi­a­tion, any­one?). But I'll wager that the real rea­son that peo­ple don't under­stand sci­ence is not because it's too hard to under­stand, but because they aren't moti­vated. via John Graham-Cumming: Did Mon­biot try to under­stand cli­mate sci­ence? Sci­ence can be hard but

Past Decade Warmest on Record, NASA Data Shows – NYTimes.com

NASA research shows that 2009 was the sec­ond warmest year since 1880.

Why we changed our minds and started to vaccinate. – Skeparent

Parent’s make the right choice and choose to vac­ci­nate their kids based on the evidence.