Science: Leap seconds
Positive and negative leap seconds are are real - and no cause for panic. Unless you are of the panic persuasion.
Bias against women in male dominated jobs has decreased, but bias against men in female dominated jobs remains
Study finds that discrimination against females in male dominated jobs has mostly ended or reversed, but that discrimination against males in female dominated jobs remains.
“Veganuary”
Even Microsoft Copilot understands the risks of vegetarian eating. You can do it, but you need to do it precisely right or eventually have problems. Promoters often hide the risks.
Space: OSIRIS-REx samples have high carbon and water content
Unexpected? NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water – NASA
Science: Nobel Prize winner was demoted by U of Penn, papers rejected by Nature and Science
Ouch: As Karikó worked for decades toward adapting mRNA to bring out its therapeutic qualities, her efforts were repeatedly dismissed by the university, she has said. When she was unable…
Climate, Science: Journal editor bias enforces preferred narratives, says scientist
Climate scientist says he focused on climate, only, as a factor in wildfires, because to bring up the many other causes would result in not being published.
Media lying about pavement temperature and pavement burns in Phoenix
In some parts of the U.S., it has been really, really hot - with some areas experiencing new record high temperatures..But the media is telling lies. Read on.
Vint Cerf receives 2023 IEEE Medal of Honor
Vint Cerf is an awesome individual: For the past five decades, Cerf, now 79, has been perfecting, extending, and evangelizing the Internet. It is for this—his contributions in cocreating the…
Science oops: “Fake scientific papers are alarmingly common”
Could be that 1 in 3 papers are hired works from “paper mills” that fabricate data and plagiarize from elsewhere: Journals are awash in a rising tide of scientific manuscripts…
Education oops: “Review finds little evidence to support some claims of gender bias” in academic STEM positions
There are possibly other characteristics that show bias but they were not identified in this study, jointly co-authored by those who previously claimed bias and those who disagreed with that…