“This is one of medicine’s dirty secrets: Most results, including those that appear in top-flight peer-reviewed journals, can’t be reproduced.” Continue reading WSJ: Scientists’ Elusive Goal: Reproducing Study Results
Month: December 2011
EPA warns Monsanto about bugs
Shouldn’t Monsanto and its customers know best as to whether rootworm-resistant corn seed is failing? Continue reading EPA warns Monsanto about bugs
Botkin: Absolute Certainty Is Not Scientific
Global warming alarmists betray their cause when they declare that it is irresponsible to question them, writes Daniel Botkin in the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading Botkin: Absolute Certainty Is Not Scientific
Ohio Treasurer: Washington Targets Ohio Shale Gas
“Job-killers win, American workers lose.” Continue reading Ohio Treasurer: Washington Targets Ohio Shale Gas
The IPCC exposed: political to its core
Rob Lyons reviews Donaa Lafamboise’s “The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken for the World’s Top Climate Expert” for Spiked. Continue reading The IPCC exposed: political to its core
European Food Safety Authority Once Again Reaffirms the Safety of BPA
Based on this latest assessment, EFSA upheld the finding of its 2010 review that the existing tolerable daily intake (TDI) for BPA would “protect all human populations for lifetime exposure to this substance through diet.” Continue reading European Food Safety Authority Once Again Reaffirms the Safety of BPA
Food nannies want to torture kids in hospitals with ‘healthy’ food
Only 44% of children’s hospitals offered “low cal” salad dressing, while 81% offered cookies. Quelle horreur! Continue reading Food nannies want to torture kids in hospitals with ‘healthy’ food
Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on Antarctica?
What exactly does a correlation between a 40% plunge in atmospheric CO2 and Antarctic cooling over a 3 million-year period prove? Continue reading Plunge in CO2 put the freeze on Antarctica?
Columbia River salmon are adapting to climate change?
And how do researchers know that? Continue reading Columbia River salmon are adapting to climate change?
Flameout: GM offers to buy back Volts
That shouldn’t cost too much since only about 6,000 were sold. Continue reading Flameout: GM offers to buy back Volts
Evangelicals: For God and EPA?
EPA air rules are pro-life? Continue reading Evangelicals: For God and EPA?
LED lighting saves money?
Only if you add in a “maintenance cost” fudge factor. Continue reading LED lighting saves money?