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NYT: The Truth About the Doomsday Virus?
Two months ago we warned that a new bird flu virus — modified in a laboratory to make it transmissible through the air among mammals — could kill millions of people if it escaped confinement or was...
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Aus: Scientists want slice of our super[annuation funds]
I’m immediately against the idea. Super funds must safeguard their members’ savings and maximize returns to the extent that is secure and responsible. These funds are not a pool for union or special...
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Bill gives big increase for fossil fuels research
Fossil fuels and nuclear energy are big winners in the House Appropriations Committee’s energy and water spending bill that was released Tuesday. The Energy Department would get $32.1 billion for...
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Mutant-flu researcher plans to publish even without permission
Virologist plans to defy Dutch government over export permit requirement for avian flu paper Ron Fouchier, a researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, whose work on H5N1...
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Roger Pielke Jr.: Reader Mail: Win Some, Lose Some
If it wasn’t for his obsession with “decarbonization” and unshakeable belief in its righteousness despite all evidence… Oh well, Junior can still come up with plenty of interesting stuff: I received...
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William Briggs: Love Of Theory Is The Root Of All Evil
Love of truth, on the other hand, is the root of all that is good. Bill Whittle at PJTV very kindly produced a video entitled “Best. Sentence. Ever.” (it does not embed) by which he meant the title...
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Lights Out for Research Satellites?
Earth-observing systems operated by the United States have entered a steep decline, imperiling the nation’s monitoring of weather, natural disasters and climate change, a report from the National...
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Call for standards in egg bio-monitoring
Scramble of results could undermine common method of pollution monitoring Many scientists using the eggs of wild birds to monitor pollution levels are failing to properly standardize their work,...
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Roger Pielke Jr.: Sarewitz on Bias in Science
In the current issue of Nature, Dan Sarewitz has a column about the threat posed by bias to scientific research. (The image above is a screenshot of a paper cited by Sarewitz, which is by J....
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Maurizio Morabito: A History Of Scientific Uncertainties (on their way to...
I know this story well about climate science. I am pretty sure it happens all the time in every scientific field that has social implications. The scientific paper details the uncertainties The IPCC...
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New eyes in the sky
UI researchers develop technique to help pollution forecasters see past clouds Until now, scientists who study air pollution using satellite imagery have been limited by weather. Clouds, in particular,...
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BBC Radio 4: Philip Stott On ‘Reclaiming the Sceptic’
All scientists are sceptics, doubting both their own and others’ research, and weighing the evidence carefully to produce the most robust conclusion. Scepticism runs through the culture of science like...
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Free access to British scientific research within two years
Radical shakeup of academic publishing will allow papers to be put online and be accessed by universities, firms and individuals The government is to unveil controversial plans to make publicly funded...
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Matt Ridley: Three Cheers for Scientific Backbiting
If, as I argued last week, scientists are just as prone as everybody else to confirmation bias—the tendency to look for evidence to support rather than to test your own ideas—then how is it that...
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Maurizio Morabito: Extending Ben Goldacre’s Appeal To Authority to real life
Bishop Hill has a post quoting Ben Goldacre’s “appeal to authority”: “you have only two choices: you can either learn to interpret data yourself and come to your own informed conclusions; or you decide...
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Why wood pulp is world’s new wonder material
THE hottest new material in town is light, strong and conducts electricity. What’s more, it’s been around a long, long time. Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), which is produced by processing wood pulp,...
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New Computer Memory Material Goes Easy on the Juice
Multitasking has a price: Your computer is sucking up a lot of electricity keeping track of work you haven’t yet saved to the hard drive. Americans spend $6 billion a year on electricity to keep that...
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Catching a few more rays
A new type of solar panel can turn infra-red light, not just the visible sort, into electricity. But not very well yet SOLAR panels get better and cheaper with every passing year. In one way, though,...
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Alleged GM experiment raises fear for parents
The parents of children in Hunan province who took part in a study allegedly involving genetically modified rice have expressed concerns over possible health hazards. The move comes as one of the...
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You need to read some Craig Idso
I am negligent for failing to recommend the research and writing of Craig Idso more frequently here at Junk Science. His recent commentary on GM rice reminded me of my oversight. He is a fine man,...
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Here’s a futurist talking BS
So this guy, who obviously has a lot of time on his hands, thinks it will be a millennium before we crank up our scientific methodologies and attitudes to properly understand the universe. As the Doors...
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