Science article recognizes John Mashey
Updated: With complete list of Mashey Papers Computer scientist, entrepreneur, periodic DeSmogBlog contributor and "one of the good guys" John Mashey is the subject of an extremely favorable profile this…
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Debating Michael Shermer (and Bjorn Lomborg) on Climate Risks
michael_shermer-01.jpg On my latest podcast, I had the fortune of hosting Michael Shermer, who is the founder of Skeptic magazine and author of the important new book The Believing Brain.…
EPA Again Faults State Department Keystone XL Assessment as "Insufficient"
keystone_img_2801.jpg The controversial Keystone XL project proposed by Canadian dirty oil giant TransCanada was dealt a potentially devastating blow on its quest for federal approval after ...
Will Republicans Attack Climate Preparedness Even at the Cost of National Security?
360px-US_Department_of_Homeland_Security_Seal.svg_.png Recently, House Republicans—constantly trying to frustrate all manner of climate change measures by the administration—took a cl...
Global Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space
Climate Change Quote of the Day: “Look, water has been a resource that has been plentiful. But now we’ve got climate change, we’ve got population growth, we’ve got widespread groundwater…
Killing me softly with his (referee) report
Dear Colleague, given that every other day we seem to be telling each other appalling stories of disgraceful article refereeing to which we are subjected, I think we should all…
65 Years
The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there’s no good reason to go into space–each discovered, studied, and remembered…
Are they still bothering with that stupid null hypotheses?
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The arts are vital to our prosperity
By supporting the individuals inherently inclined to create, we foster a culture in which innovative thinking is encouraged. Through their unusual vision we can draw our own alternatives in science,…
My thoughts on CCP
The Division of Computational Physics of the American Physical Society has now its own blog, brought to you by its very own executive committee, of which I am presently a…
Make up your mind, already !
Academic job seekers are sometimes in the fortunate position of choosing one of several job offers (not often these days, given the difficult job market). This happens both at the…
Great blog. By the way, you are full of it.
Last week I was in Dallas, at the annual March meeting of the American Physical Society, attended by members of the Division of Condensed Matter and Computational physics. For different…
A New Innovation Center for Progress; Nuclear Debate
I’ve been following the nuclear debate online. I have not blogged anything about Japan’s nuclear plant crisis because there is not enough information coming out (as far as the plant’s…
Japan tsunami
No politics, entertainment, business or whatever, and for the obvious reasons ... Certainly this is a sad day with the news about one of the biggest earthquakes (8.9, off Honshu,…
Sure science is great, but how does it make you feel?
A new study indicates that high school teachers in the US overwhelmingly softsell evolution in biology class. Beyond the 13% of teachers that actively teach creationism, apparently around 60% of…
Intermittent Blogging Ahead
Well, it looks like 2011 will be as bad as 2010, with regards to my professional life (among other things). (Yes, my mother died last June, but I don't expect…
Happy New Year 41 U.E.
In just about four and a half hours it will be New Years in Greenwich,UK. You know what that means, time itself will be 41 years old. That is, it…
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat
Another day, another justification for dropping the mandatory long-form census by the Conservative government. Today’s argument comes from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty; he basically argues that because a bunch of…
On Predicting the Future of Science and Technology
We must be wary not to overestimate the progress of science and equally wary we not underestimate the progress of technology. Just a thought that occurred to me today. People…
Time for Rex to Go
Ever since I cut Rex Murphy out of my life (see Goodbye Rex) it seems he’s been popping up more and more trying to get my attention back. I’ve been…