After our Consensus paper was published with extensive media coverage, law professor and climate communicator Dan Kahan posted an emotive blog post (he characterised it as a "haughty outburst"). He questioned the value of a study measuring consensus and whether consensus is something climate communicators should be emphasising. Once Dan had a chance to calm down, we corresponded about his post and he suggested he summarise his views in a 4-point article that I could respond to. Dan's 4 point […]

One of the goals of Andy Juhl’s and Craig Aumack’s Arctic research is to determine the role of ice algae as a source of nutrition for food webs existing in the water column and at the bottom of the Arctic ocean. During their fieldwork these Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists are deploying a plankton net, a [...]

This is the world's silliest arduino-based electronic musical instrument. It is a mashup of the "Melody" tutorial and the "Button" tutorial.  The code I modified (see below) strips out the part where the tune is actually played and instead plays a single note when each button is pressed./* Melody * (cleft) 2005 D. Cuartielles for K3 * * This example uses a piezo speaker to play melodies. It sends * a square wave of the appropriate frequency to the piezo, generating * the corresponding […]

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I’m just going to throw these as you and run. Lots of great stuff to pore through. This is as close as we can get to a “black” lion. ShukerNature: A HITHERTO-UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPH OF RANGER – SCOTLAND’S (NEARLY) BLACK LION. Skepticblog » Should we let the clowns run the circus?. Science Catches Up With Ufology | The Center For Bad Ideas. Fake and Unethical Trial: Video Claims Miracle Mineral Solution Cures Malaria » Pepijn van Erp. Expanding halo: Missile launch […]