A recent study claiming that mountaintop mining contributes to birth defects is debunked in this analysis.
Day: July 12, 2011
What makes a scientific expert? Congressional Democrats offer a shocking answer
What makes a scientific expert? Knowledge? Expertise? Accomplishment? Respect of one’s colleagues? A new bill introduced in Congress has a shocking new answer. Continue reading What makes a scientific expert? Congressional Democrats offer a shocking answer
Update: High extinction risk from climate change?
When last we left Ilya Maclean’s claim that ongoing climate change represented a major threat to biodiversity, our probe had been put off by an autoresponder e-mail from Maclean:
I am out of office until Tuesday 12th July.
But true to his word, Maclean got back to me this morning: Continue reading Update: High extinction risk from climate change?