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Logical Probability And The IPCC’s Ambiguous Forecasts

This post is inspired by Roger Pielke, Jr., as well as Bernie, Matt, and other readers who asked me to have a look at some IPCC probability statements. Roger Pielke,…

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Alien Invasions To Increase Because Of Global Warming, Scientists

Eco-warriors from beyond the skies are on their way to destroy our world before we do---women and minorities are expected to be hardest hit---according to a shocking new report from…

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Global Warming: Is Weight Loss A Solution?

That title is taken from an article of the same name in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Obesity by Gryka, Bloom, and Rolland, themselves from the Centre for Obesity Research…

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Obama Administration Gives Appeasement A Try With China

This is out of our normal range of activity, but I thought it important. You might not initially find it so, but what follows is yet more evidence that the…

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Journal Editor Still Inserting Politics Into Science: Trevors and Saier Strike Back

The story thus far: Jack Trevors, bigwig at the learned journal Water Air Soil Pollution, and occasionally along with his pal Milton Saier, has been in the habit of abusing…

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Letter From Student At Behemoth University

Regular readers will remember my "Conversations with myself" series that I began last fall, as sort of a teaching diary while I was a visiting professor at Behemoth University. The…

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A Synthetic What? Lady Who Won Lotteries Is Statistician, More

Last big travel day. Off to the blue crammed into motorized sardine cans. I'll begin looking at comments and email tomorrow. Medical Science Advances On Bottoms Turns out that I…

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Are Scientific Papers Becoming Worse?

The United States Football League began in 1983 with twelve cities, many of which already had an NFL team. The level of play was decidedly inferior to the "senior" league…

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