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Mental Illness To Increase Due To Climate Change
Look out! "Climate change is here, now." And it is causing an increase in nuttiness and lunacy among the those that dwell Down Under. Or so says Tony McMichael "AO,…
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The Increased And Increasing Chinese Military
More on matters that don't appear to be as urgent as they are. From the DoD's annual report on Chinese military capability, "In 2004, Hu Jintao articulated a mission statement…
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Detecting Deceptive Opinion Spam
Ever seen a review like this? My husband and I satayed for two nights at the Hilton Chicago,and enjoyed every minute of it! The bedrooms are immaculate,and the linnens are…
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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…