Science on Trial, Part 1
A new paper dissects how the Covid crisis demonstrated the failings in how science is practiced now. But are its suggestions for improvement bold enough?
Read more...A new paper dissects how the Covid crisis demonstrated the failings in how science is practiced now. But are its suggestions for improvement bold enough?
Read more...The World Bank insists on private finance or economic recovery but does little to ensure profit-hungry commercial finance serves the public
Read more...Climate-change-induced extreme events look more and more imminent.
Read more...~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Will Egypt agree to take in the Palestinian population from Gaza in exchange for the cancellation of its external debt?
Read more...A long and useful recap of geoengineering methods.
Read more...“The challenge with cash is that it really does have a big community public service sort of aura attached to it.”
Read more...Neoliberalism is still doing a fine job of zombifying economies, but the doctrine sadly is in rude health.
Read more...A survey of the literature on how RSV and the flu are transmitted, show that, like Covid, they too are tranmitted as airborne aerosols.
Read more...~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Read more...Classification struggles in the Harvard-Harris poll on Israel.
Read more...Why ethnic cleansing of Palestinians has been foundational to Israel’s national strategy.
Read more...The survival of the euro has come at the cost of Europe’s permanent stagnation and continuing fragmentation
Read more...~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
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