Part the First: Climate, “What, Me Worry?” Once again Alfred E. Neuman comes to mind as “policy-based science” remains the order of the day in the Current Administration as Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center. The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research […]
Read more...Yes, the Trump Administration is seeking to shunt asylum seekers to Uganda, Honduras, and Ecuador, presumably <1>pour décourager les autres.
Read more...The elites, including those in science, seem to think that their loss of legitimacy can be solved by messaging. Good luck with that.
Read more...Right wing factions are determined to implement extreme agendas. Where are they heading?
Read more...Marion Nestle has been the essential guide to our “food system” (one trillion dollars a year) in the United States for a long time. Her work is relevant in other such as the United Kingdom that lack a robust food culture, for the most part because it was killed by the food system, not because […]
Read more...More troubling new sightings on the AI front.
Read more...Did COVID-19 deepen the crises of capitalism and inject a sense of panic into the world’s power struggles?
Read more...Fortunately, an executive order won’t stop states from restricting AI. But expect the Administration to try other routes.
Read more...The Good, Part the First: Basic Science Has the Answer, Once Again. T cells of the immune system are responsible for the establishment of self-tolerance and adaptive immune function. T cells come from the thymus, which is mammals basically disappears early in life in a process called involution. Understanding how the thymus might regenerate has […]
Read more...Doha Forum in Qatar reveals how today’s global debates feed the larger machine of growth and power, with little space for divergent thinking
Read more...Utah aims to produce a model for Trump plan—an isolated “Accountability Campus” where commits will be reformed. Other states and localities are not far behind.
Read more...Why our elites, starting with the top ranks in the Trump Administration, are disgusting.
Read more...The magic of the market: a system where your income determines your exposure to climate disasters.
Read more...$74 for 36 markers.
Read more...American Science, Shattered. So says is the title of Part 1 of a ten part series in STAT News. Since STAT articles are usually paywalled, I will summarize them here as they appear. Unlike most accounts of the current state of science in the United States, the authors of this article have found scientists who […]
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