Category: Science

Science and Technology Links

Apr 4, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Evolution, Links – Science and Technology, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Energy)

1. Christian Science Monitor: In Kenya, selling human waste could revolutionize sanitation Dealing with human waste has become a health crisis in many poor communities, but residents of a Kenyan slum have found a solution that turns poop into profit. … … Sanergy’s toilets are low-tech and low-cost, but they have a key feature: They…
Can This Man Feed the World? Billionaire Harry Stine’s Quest to Reinvent Agriculture — Again

Mar 31, 2014

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Food & Water)

Forbes: Can This Man Feed the World? Billionaire Harry Stine's Quest to Reinvent Agriculture — Again … Stine Seed does business with all of the heavyweights and has for more than three decades, primarily because it has something everybody else needs: the best-performing soybean seeds in the business. Through plant breeding, a roughly 10,000-year-old technique…
Science and Technology Links

Feb 24, 2014

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mwkruse

in Health and Medicine, History, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction))

1. The Atlantic: What Americans Don't Know About Science On a recent survey, just 74 percent of Americans said that the Earth revolves around the sun. … … As you'll see, in the words of the report, "many Americans provide multiple incorrect answers to basic questions about scientific facts." Then again, "residents of other countries, including highly…
The Trouble With ‘Scientific’ Research Today: A Lot That’s Published Is Junk

Feb 3, 2014

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mwkruse

in Science, Sociology

Forbes: The Trouble With 'Scientific' Research Today: A Lot That's Published Is Junk Many non-scientists are confused and dismayed by the constantly changing advice that comes from medical and other researchers on various issues. … … Some of that confusion is due to the quality of the evidence, which is dependent on a number of…
Science and Technology Links (Environment Edition)

Feb 2, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

I'm playing catchup with a backlog of links to be posted. This list pulls together a subsection of science and technology links dealing with the environment. 1. Bloomberg: Warring Dogmas Block Climate-Change Progress … In 1981, [Julian] Simon proposed a bet. [Paul] Ehrlich could name any five metals, and by the end of the decade,…
Science and Technology Links

Feb 1, 2014

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mwkruse

in Evolution, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, History, Human Progress, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

I've gotten very behind on my links pages. Here is my attempt to catch up on science and technology links. Sorry for the length, but there is some good stuff here. I'll have another post with environment links shortly. 1. Ancient Origins.net: Entire Neanderthal genome finally mapped – with amazing results This incredible research has…
The Alternative to Climate Alarmists & Deniers

Jan 30, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Politics, Public Policy, Science

Daily Tech: Climate Alarmists & Deniers: Please, Just Shut Up Researchers at George Mason University and Yale University bring the grave news that "belief in global warming" is at a "six year low". I. Do You Believe? The study [PDF] comes courtesy of principle investigator Professor Anthony Leiserowitz, an environmental scientist at Yale. Other principle investigators include…
The (Mostly) Improving State of the World

Jan 16, 2014

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Globalization, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Religion, Science, Sociology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Washington Post: 40 charts that explain the world Our friend and colleague Max Fisher over at Worldviews has posted another 40 maps that explain the world, building on his original classic of the genre. But this is Wonkblog. We're about charts. And one of the great things about charts is that they show not just…
A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops

Jan 7, 2014

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mwkruse

in Health and Medicine, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Food & Water)

New York Times: A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops … Like some others on the nine-member Council, Greggor Ilagan was not even sure at the outset of the debate exactly what genetically modified organisms were: living things whose DNA has been altered, often with the addition of a gene from a distant…
Science and Technology Links

Dec 19, 2013

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mwkruse

in Africa, China, Evolution, Health and Medicine, Links – Science and Technology, Science, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Scientific American: Scientific American's Top 10 Science Stories of 2013 A carbon threshold breached, commitments to brain science made, mystery neutrinos found and human evolution revised—these and other events highlight the year in science and technology as picked by the editors of Scientific American 2. Reuters: "Peak farmland" is here, crop area to diminish:…