Categories: Science, Climate Change

When is a stable isotope not stable? When it's half life is mind-bogglingly long

by Graham Email

For some time, it has been possible, using mathematical models, to compute whether an isotope of an element should be stable, or subject to decay. This is one of the advances in science since I left high school. As a result, in recent years, it has bee… more »

Insightful posting on arguments for and against climate change causes

by Graham Email

...which tries to explain the phenomenon that simplistic, sometimes idiotic arguments made by people with limited knowledge of a subject can overwhelm more complete arguments that require both detail knowledge and time for explanation. This is what I hav… more »

Take A Nap LLC

by Graham Email

The website of Dr. Sarah Mednick, who has accumulated research showing that most of the time it pays to nap rather than take stimulants... more »

anti-science sentiment in the USA

by Graham Email

The general level of scientific knowledge and understanding of the scientific method in the modern USA continues to amaze and perplex me. This weekend I found two interesting reports on the relationship between science, religion and commerce. This repo… more »

An interesting article about power

by Graham Email

...which tends to undercut the long-established conventional wisdom about how to acquire, keep and expand power, many of which derive from the works of Machiavelli. more »

The denial of Global Warming

by Graham Email

...is a fascinating topic of study. I am still coming across people who adamantly claim that Global Warming is either still a subject for debate, or even that it is some sort of hoax. They also list scientists who allegedly do not agree with the consensu… more »

Checklist for claimed inventions and great innovations

by Graham Email

here is a checklist for use if you are ever confronted with amazing claims for a new device or invention... more »

If you thought that having one life was more than enough...

by Graham Email

...then it might be too much to expect that you would want to spend any time at this web location. However, if your first life is extremely tedious or unrewarding, perhaps this might be just the place to hang out... more »

R.I.P. Dennis Weaver

by Graham Email

...who has died at the age of 81. Although most people know Dennis Weaver as a TV show actor, I actually knew of a different Dennis Weaver. He was a deeply committed environmentalist, who put his money where his mouth was. His home in Ridgeway Colorado… more »

While the US continues to use oil like there's no tomorrow...

by Graham Email

...Sweden has asked a collaborative task force to assemble a plan to make the country independent of oil imports. The contrast with the current pusillanimous farting about on renewable energy sources in the USA could not be more striking... more »

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