75 years ago Guy Callendar revealed calculations and temperature measurements linking rising 20th century temperatures to burning fossil fuels, helping to lay the foundations for understanding the global warming that is still ongoing today.

May 20 – 24 Paleo-BS or solid science? This week, Cassie investigated the new obsession with intermittent fasting. Cameron examined the void that lurks on the far side of achievement. Christie revealed some of the most surprising and least expected effects of guns. Heather told us how experimental archaeology is helping answer the question of [...]

On May 20th 2013, the LRMN held their third meeting focusing on cord blood banking, with three experts sharing their experiences in working with cell therapies derived from cord blood and their perspectives on the state of the industry. The event, held at University College London, was free to attend due to generous support from Macopharma. [...]The post London Regenerative Medicine Network (LRMN) Meeting – Cord Blood Banking appeared first on Oxbridge Biotech.

As mentioned in my last post, this month is the 50th anniversary of the landmark paper by Ed Lorenz that inaugurated the scientific study of chaos (e.g. chaos theory). In this post, we will explore the potential contributions of chaos theory and dynamical systems (Figure 1) to the study of biological evolution from (hopefully) an intuitive perspective.Figure 1. When people think of chaos theory, they generally think of something called a strange attractor. Two examples of these can be seen […]

A self-proclaimed "scientists' consensus" on "Maintaining Humanity's Life Support Systems in the 21st Century" has been released.