ScienceSational
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I appreciate science's practical aspects, but I prefer knowing and learning more stuff just because it feels good.
Top 10% in the U.S. have 67% of the country's wealth. And U.S. corporations hold a couple of $trillion offshore.
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Top 10% in the U.S. have 67% of the country's wealth. And U.S. corporations hold a couple of $trillion offshore.
The amount of redbaiting Americans do is ridiculous. Meanwhile they, for the most part, turn a blind eye to bank bailouts, corporate COViD aid, tax-free deals given to Amazon& Tesla, free extension of copyright laws for Disney's pocketbooks, handouts to fossil fuel companies and to the military.
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The amount of redbaiting Americans do is ridiculous. Meanwhile they, for the most part, turn a blind eye to bank bailouts, corporate COViD aid, tax-free deals given to Amazon& Tesla, free extension of copyright laws for Disney's pocketbooks, handouts to fossil fuel companies and to the military.
It's an old article, but Lonborg's bias has been exposed more recently. www.desmog.com/bjorn-lomborg/
Bjørn Lomborg
Bjørn Lomborg Credentials Background Bjørn Lomborg is a political scientist, economist, and the founder and president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC). Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center (C...
www.desmog.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's an old article, but Lonborg's bias has been exposed more recently. www.desmog.com/bjorn-lomborg/
Agreed. Enbridge, for example, is a pipeline company that also invests in wind energy. Ditto for BP( UK). Some CO₂ can be captured; methane leaks, detected. Fossil fuel companies can also focus more on petrochemicals & less on fuels. If the former are recyled, their ecofootprint can be decreased.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Agreed. Enbridge, for example, is a pipeline company that also invests in wind energy. Ditto for BP( UK). Some CO₂ can be captured; methane leaks, detected. Fossil fuel companies can also focus more on petrochemicals & less on fuels. If the former are recyled, their ecofootprint can be decreased.
Scientific American has a beautiful graphic based on a 2025 study on the perception of smells. More complex mixtures tend to be more pleasant. The Nature paper is freely available: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #chemsky
October 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Scientific American has a beautiful graphic based on a 2025 study on the perception of smells. More complex mixtures tend to be more pleasant. The Nature paper is freely available: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #chemsky
Doesn't work for me. I can't remember what Michael Jackson looked or sounded like. 😁
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Doesn't work for me. I can't remember what Michael Jackson looked or sounded like. 😁
How about the fact that most Israelites do not support the authoritarian and corrupt Netanyahu?
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
How about the fact that most Israelites do not support the authoritarian and corrupt Netanyahu?
Bottom half's net worth, in contrast, is only about 10% of that. But the irony is that many of the poor half will defend the exaggerated inequity and vote for politicians who love oligarchy.
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bottom half's net worth, in contrast, is only about 10% of that. But the irony is that many of the poor half will defend the exaggerated inequity and vote for politicians who love oligarchy.
