Will China overtake the US in science leadership?

Will China overtake the US in science leadership?

There are times when being a communist dictatorship has its advantages.  Without having to worry about jobs or elections, you can enact a plan and stick to it until it works and, if a million or…
The Climate Insiders - Their Goal Is Doubt

The Climate Insiders - Their Goal Is Doubt

The Climate Insiders - Their Goal Is Doubt I BRING fraternal greetings from the Mother of Parliaments to the Congress of your “athletic democracy”. I pray that God’s blessing may rest upon your…
Free Range Science And The Reverse Professor

Free Range Science And The Reverse Professor

This week I agree to give an invited talk at the AGU, soldered some more of my satellite, advised a student, gave several short lectures, and edited some papers.  All of these are things…
Speak up for biodiesel?

Speak up for biodiesel?

«There are two main ways in which policymakers are insidiously interfering with the usual rules of supply and demand for raw materials, and myriad different smaller ones. . . . One is the policy…
Sid The Squid Bids Kids To . . . What Exactly?

Sid The Squid Bids Kids To . . . What Exactly?

On the day after Squid Day, I got mail from the publishing company Immedium*, letting me know they'd just come out with a new children's book: Sid the Squid and the Search for the Perfect Job.…
Scientology Ad ????

Scientology Ad ????

Let it be clear on this publically, to show I am not kidding: there is a scientology ad on the right column today. If that is not gone by tomorrow from here, I will.
Be anti-evo and be miserable

Be anti-evo and be miserable

I get unsolicited mail: ProEvo: Pro Evolution - Guideline for an Age of Joy Being on a variety of evolution vs creationism mailing lists, I wasn't initially surprised to receive an apparently…
Kraken: The Book

Kraken: The Book

Wait. Which one? Three, yes three, separate books with kraken in the title came out this year: China Mieville's Kraken, fiction of the New Weird literary movement. I understand it does legitimately…
Germaine Greer: Feminism Fun

Germaine Greer: Feminism Fun

Think feminists are angry?   Many zealots in any movement come across as bitter to outsiders but Professor Germaine Greer is giving a talk at the Literary Leicester Festival at the University of…