Please go back to worrying about what the temperature nowhere on Earth will be in 100 years. Continue reading Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA; 1 km-sized asteroid could ‘plausibly end civilization’
Category: Miscellaneous
Test of anthrax vaccine in children gets tentative OK
“A presidential ethics panel has opened the door to testing an anthrax vaccine on children as young as infants, bringing an angry response from critics who say the children would be guinea pigs in a study that would never help them and might harm them.” Continue reading Test of anthrax vaccine in children gets tentative OK
Panel: Thumbs down on anthrax vaccine test in kids
As the efficacy of the anthrax vaccine has never been proven, it’s wonder that testing in children was ever considered. Continue reading Panel: Thumbs down on anthrax vaccine test in kids
Manufacturers ‘Freaked Out’ about Climate Guidelines
Obama plans to use NEPA to enforce climate policy. Continue reading Manufacturers ‘Freaked Out’ about Climate Guidelines
Video: Ben Carson — Obama Trying to ‘Destroy the Country’
“Dr. Benjamin Carson, the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital who garnered national headlines for his pointed remarks at last month’s National Prayer Breakfast, says that President Obama and his political allies are trying to ‘destroy the country’.” Continue reading Video: Ben Carson — Obama Trying to ‘Destroy the Country’
Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson
Scientists have now finished going through the entire set of data. Continue reading Physicists say they have found a Higgs boson
Sequestering the Shark: Budget cuts to ‘devastate U.S. science research for decades’
Millions of dollars in cuts from a $30 billion budget? Continue reading Sequestering the Shark: Budget cuts to ‘devastate U.S. science research for decades’
Smallpox bioterrorism paranoia returns; Used to justify $463 million taxpayer rip-off
Even if a smallpox attack occurred (improbable), 2 million doses of the drug would be overkill by several orders of magnitude. Continue reading Smallpox bioterrorism paranoia returns; Used to justify $463 million taxpayer rip-off
Harvard HIV Expert: Baby Not Likely ‘Cured’ of HIV
More drive-by science promoted by sensationalistic media. Continue reading Harvard HIV Expert: Baby Not Likely ‘Cured’ of HIV
Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat
Meanwhile, deadly antibiotic resistant bacteria are stalking hospitals. Continue reading Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat
Feds refuse to investigate research misconduct at Johns Hopkins; Researcher who committed suicide ‘no longer poses a risk’
Institutional involvement and/or cover-up doesn’t matter? Even if the institution gets $600 million per year from NIH? Really? Continue reading Feds refuse to investigate research misconduct at Johns Hopkins; Researcher who committed suicide ‘no longer poses a risk’
Out of Touch: Climate Change Is The Biggest Threat In The Pacific, Says Top U.S. Admiral
Not North Korea? or China vs. Japan? It’s Tarawa? Continue reading Out of Touch: Climate Change Is The Biggest Threat In The Pacific, Says Top U.S. Admiral