Walk the halls of the Princeton, N.J., Plasma Physics Laboratory in the middle of the workday, and two things leap to mind. The first is that they must do some pretty hard-core science here. The lab has plenty of conventional-looking offices, but every so often you come across a room that makes you stop and wonder. Continue reading
Category Archives: Junk scientists
Michael D. Lemonick: Fusion Energy: Climate-Friendly and Infinite . . . Someday
Posted in Clean energy, Junk scientists
Tagged fusion fantasy, fusion power, wishful thinking
Juliet Eilperin: Book review: Michael Mann’s ‘The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars’
Extraordinary post from the unreal world Continue reading
Freddie vom Saal and his ‘endocrine disrupter’ band keep playing on and on
Concerns about the health effects of bisphenol A have led manufacturers to produce and market BPA-free products. However, a new study has found that one of the compounds that replaces BPA is just as prevalent in paper products and could lead to significant human exposure. Continue reading
Now Kristof is parroting Landrigan: ‘How Chemicals Affect Us’
Included as a Friday funny – even has the old alligator penis myth thrown in for good measure Continue reading
Posted in Bisphenol A (BPA), Chemophobia, Endocrine disrupt., Junk scientists
Tagged anti development, irrational fears
Maurizio Morabito: How The Media Pollute Science – The Deepwater Horizon Example
“American Scientist“‘s latest Science in the News Weekly points to the popularity of an insightful, harshly titled piece at Wired: “How Science Failed During the Gulf Oil Disaster” by Christopher Reddy (April 20, 2012), that is also a good way to explore how the media industry ends up polluting science almost beyond recognition.
Mike Shaw: Drop the curtain, and pay no attention to this man
As you are surely aware, the line “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” comes from the classic movie The Wizard of Oz (1939). Continue reading
Ehrlich’s still at it: Cut world population and redistribute resources, expert urges
Nuclear disaster or plague likely unless population shrinks and natural resources are reassigned to poor, says Prof Paul Ehrlich Continue reading
John Dale Dunn & Steve Milloy: The EPA’s Faulty Science Can Be Stopped
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-sponsored and funded “human health effects science” research is unreliable and makes irresponsible and outrageous claims about how air pollution causes thousands of deaths. Then the EPA claims that it can prevent those deaths with its latest set of regulations of emissions. This junk science can be challenged effectively, legally, and politically, as described below. Continue reading
Magical energy: The Limitless Potential of the E-Cat: An Interview with Andrea Rossi
Resource depletion, climate change and rising oil prices have led to large investments in renewable energy and new fossil fuel extraction techniques. However despite the positive headlines on solar, wind, and shale, all of these sectors are beset with problems that add to our uncertain energy future. We appear to be decades away from finding a renewable source that will help us avoid the impending energy crisis. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Junk scientists
Flannery admitted to Australian Academy of Science for PR work. Who is next? Cate Blanchett?
What does it take to be a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science? Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Junk scientists
Freddie vom Saal, again: Packaging on the pounds
A controversial chemical used to harden plastics is contributing to the global obesity epidemic, according to new research by a ‘biologist’. Continue reading
Marla Conehead writes again – at EHN now
“Low doses, big effects: Scientists seek ‘fundamental changes’ in testing, regulation of hormone-like chemicals” Continue reading
Posted in Endocrine disrupt., Junk scientists
Steer clear of tofu – LNT claimed for environmental hormones
Opinion: ‘There are no safe doses for endocrine disruptors’ Continue reading
Number Watch: Carving up the meat
This is the story that has it all and it appears in the prime position at the top left-hand corner of the front page of the Daily Telegraph, while, of course, also celebrated by the BBC. Continue reading
Posted in Cancer research, Food nannies, Junk scientists, Meat, Risk assessment
Western U.S. Precipitation Extremes—How Did This Turkey Get Published?
When it comes to changes in future precipitation across the United States, climate models projections are all over the map. In other words, they provide no useful guidance for the future. But that doesn’t stop people from trying to sell them. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Junk scientists
Tagged climate models, climate research, PlayStation® climatology
Daylight savings must’ve upset someone’s calendar – surely this is meant for April 1
NYU, Oxford will produce shorter humans to fight AGW – Climate activists start to realize that carbon trading won’t work. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environmentalism, Junk scientists
Tagged climate hysteria, misanthropy
Sharon Begley (figures): Scientists see rise in tornado-creating conditions
According to some climate scientists, such earlier-than-normal outbreaks of tornadoes, which typically peak in the spring, will become the norm as the planet warms. Continue reading
Think submarine volcanic vents release only CO2? You’ll believe this one then
Jason Hall-Spencer thinks he has seen the future of the world’s oceans while diving at marine volcanic sites around the world, where jets of carbon dioxide fizz out of vents on the sea floor. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Junk scientists
Cold Fusion: Fraud Claim Over Green Energy E-Cat
Australian engineer says wiring errors may be responsible for alleged ‘scam’ Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Junk scientists
Did someone hit UCAR with the stupid stick?
Check out their simpleton analogy and false claim of increasing weather extremes Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Junk scientists
