True Diversity Is Location Based

We humans are trying to brave a new frontier. Diversity. We are trying to create a world where everyone is happy, everywhere. But someone needs to speak the truth. That is not possible. All humans do not have the same…

Didn’t read it? Shouldn’t tweet it, Twit

Twitter says it’s working on bringing its “read the article before you retweet it” prompt to all users “soon.” The company began testing the prompt in June, which shows up when people go to retweet a story they haven’t clicked through to actually…

Call For Statements From Science Propone...

Do you feel strongly about scientific literacy? Here’s an opportunity to have your voice heard! You don’t have to be a scientist to contribute to this project! Just write up a short piece about why you feel strongly that science…

First Artificial Heart Transplant Is Old...

At least fifty calves and three human beings are living with no pulse in their bodies, thanks to an artificial pump that replaced their naturally-grown hearts – Human heart replaced by 10,000 RPM artificial pump with no pulse Despite cardiac…

Saving The Environment By Stunting Progr...

It’s really cool how everyone suddenly cares about the environment. What’s not so cool is that many of these people do not care to understand the science of what is required to fix the problem. The move towards a more…

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When You’re Big Enough You Can Make Your Own Grammatical Rul

7th August 2019Written by Johny Krahbichler

How many of you have been forced to use the APA style for academic articles? If you have you know it can be a pain in the butt. What do capitalized letters matter when we are doing science?! It’s one of those boring necessities of writing. But if you are say, Wikipedia, or the New […]

Education, Science Facts

Happy World Press Freedom Day?

3rd May 2017Written by Johny Krahbichler

Cartoon by Matt Wuerker, Politico Today is the ‘World Press Freedom day”, a day meant to celebrate the right to report on facts to the public without governmental intervention. And indeed many countries have freedom of press laws. Freedom of press is generally improving over time. But at the same time there is no lack […]

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