It's taken decades but the U.S. Forest Service is finally being allowed to use science in managing America's natural resources.Instead of environmental activists tying up science and the government by using other government regulations and red tape to block meaningful improvements, we can actually reduce wildfires, manage water responsibly and protect endangered species, instead of pitting those...
read moreWhen we are talking about anti-science beliefs that fall on the left and the right, we often use astrology and belief in ghosts for left-wing crazies. But astrology may be as accurate as psychology, at least when it comes to personality assessments (1) so perhaps it deserves more respect.Neuroskeptic, the, well, neuroscience skeptic, from the UK recently discussed this 2008 update of a 1985...
read moreEvolution has various mechanisms and one of them is natural selection. While most religious people have no disagreement with science overall, Biblical literalists contend man cannot have changed or evolved. Some confusion about evolution is understandable - evolution is darn complex - and the disagreement with evolution does not fall strongly into any demographic except the religious. In...
read moreJournalism used to be about telling the story - I won't rehash the modern history here but basically it became about making a difference. And that is the wrong reason to be a journalist because 'making a difference' is going to come down on where you sit regarding your personal advocacy and advocacy prevents journalists from being trusted guides for the public.
read moreIf you are going to brag about your hacking, don't use a photo of your online honey's boobs and leave the EXIF information intact.Yes, it is cool you have an online chick who will send you pictures, and that she actually has boobs (webcams don't lie!), but it doesn't take long to track that stuff down. The FBI saw it, tracked the EXIF data to her and then to him. Pwned by the FBI can...
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