Some Good News, and a Hard Truth, About Science by ...
Lost in the swirl of alternative truths is the fact that science is a verb, not a noun. […]
Daily Archives: November 20, 2018
How Did We Get to Be Human? by CARL ZIMMER
Evolution did not draw a straight line from early hominins to modern humans. At one point, we shared […]
Daily Activity Summary for November 19, 2018
These are the results of my activities* for November 19, 2018: Total steps: 4487 Calories burned: 2182 Traveled: […]
AM Snow for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 4°C and a low of […]
Steven Pinker Thinks the Future Is Looking Bright by KAREN ...
The Harvard psychologist says he is no starry-eyed optimist. It’s just that the data don’t lie. Published: November […]
Where’s Our Warp Drive to the Stars? by KENNETH CHANG
Physicists haven’t given up on the dream of zipping around the universe. Now they’ve come up with a […]
Unexpected Trajectory Interstellar Asteroid Oumuamua
Why is ‘Oumuamua differing from its expected trajectory? Last year, 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua became the first known asteroid […]
Hope for the Great Apes, and Maybe for Us by ...
Mountain gorillas are faring better. So what’s wrong with a little optimism? Published: November 19, 2018 at 01:00AM […]
Will We Survive Climate Change? by JOHN SCHWARTZ
Possibly. There is ‘no scientific support for inevitable doom,’ one expert notes. Published: November 19, 2018 at 01:00AM […]
Essay: The Experiments Are Fascinating. But Nobody Can Repeat Them. ...
Science is mired in a “replication” crisis. Fixing it will not be easy. Published: November 19, 2018 at […]