The climate is warming and a great deal of attention has been paid to how this may impact weather patters, storm systems, sea levels and biodiversity. However, how humans themselves react to warmer temperatures has received little attention. We know, for example, that people are less productive and more prone to stress and anger when…
The videos below describe the discovery of bones, including those of a mastodon, near San Diego. The bones themselves are not controversial but the researcher’s claim that the bones had been worked by human tools raises many questions. The site has been dated to 130,700 years ago which is more than 115,000 years older than…
Despite the fact that an effective, inexpensive vaccine is readily available, measles killed 15 people per hour worldwide in 2015, according to the World Health Organization. The good news is that, because of vaccination programs, this represents a 79% decline in measles deaths since 2000. The bad news is that, because some people chose not…
Neil Degrasse Tyson posted this message to Facebook on April 19, calling it perhaps the most important words he’s ever spoken. That is somewhat shocking for scientist because all he said, in essence, was that ‘facts are true’. That, to me, is largely what today’s Science March is all about though. The United States and…
Photo credit: Travis S. via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC What most people “know” about human evolution is wrong, or at least isn’t quite right. The image showing people moving from chimpanzee to modern human, slowly becoming taller and more erect at various stages is wrong. It’s a good way to sort-of understand the concept of…
