Anti-vaxxers are a blast from the past – who knew whooping cough would still be killing people in developed countries in the 21st century?
Important information that your intro stats professor likely didn’t mention.
While cutting classes and entire programs, reducing pay for already underpaid professors, and laying people off right and left, my university decided to spend $85,000 to install a high tech attendance system.
The lack of real access to high speed internet in the US is going to bite us in the ass someday.
How US income tax brackets have changed since the beginning of the 20th century: a lot.
I’m going to need a new computer soon, and I love my mac, but this makes me a bit reluctant to get another one.
I don’t qualify for poor-people health insurance because of scholarships, which is unreasonable because scholarships can technically only be used for expenses related to education. This woman now has $20,000 in medical bills because of that nonsensical rule.
People who try to back up racist ideas about intelligence with science have a fundamental misunderstanding of heredity.
Why it’s so hard to break down class barriers: powerful people cheat, but judge others harshly. Normal people hold themselves to high standards and are more forgiving of others.
Leopards are adorable as kittens, but they'll eat you when they grow up.
Things to keep in mind when reading social networking studies.
More sexism in science. It’s demoralizing how often this sort of thing happens.
A very different approach to dealing with migraine triggers: don’t avoid them, get used to them. It doesn’t seem to work with pressure changes.
Americans tend to assume that all hispanic immigrants are illegals from Mexico and are generally down with all kinds of mistreatment of these people. Mexico has a similar attitude towards the Central American immigrants trying to get through to the US.
The Boy Scouts banned gays, but readily accepted and protected pedophiles.
Overpopulation is putting far more pressure on food and energy resources than can possibly be sustained.
Christian advice on the relationship between scrubbing the toilet and sex. I’m pretty sure it’s directed at the ladies.
A clear example from America’s long history of anti-immigrant sentiment and the social construction of race.
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The Australian government pays farmers during drought and wants to modify the program to help farmers deal better with climate change.
Agriculture Minister Tony Burke says he supports the payments system but wants it to be improved, with farmers given more help to deal with climate change.
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“What we want to make sure of is that it can be improved so that whenever somebody goes through a period of drought and goes through a period of needing government assistance, by the time that period’s over, they’ve actually got themselves better prepared and better engaged to deal with climate change.”
Sounds good, right? Actually, if you’ve been keeping up with predictions of what climate change is going to do to Australia, this is not a good plan. This phrase – “by the time that period’s over”- demonstrates the problem. The period isn’t going to be over. I’m no expert on climate change, but a quick search shows that likely scenarios aren’t looking good. Here’s what scientists have to say about future moisture in Australia:
Considerable uncertainty remains as to future changes in rainfall, El Niño Southern Oscillation events and tropical cyclone activity. Overall increases in potential evaporation over much of the continent are predicted as well as continued reductions in the extent and duration of snow cover.
“Overall increases in potential evaporation” means that it isn’t going to matter if it starts raining again. When it’s warmer, more water evaporates and less water is available for plants. So while we aren’t entirely sure what’s going to happen with rainfall, it’s going to be a rough life for plants regardless. And what’s already happened is likely to continue happening:
There have been significant regional trends in rainfall with the northern, eastern and southern parts of the continent receiving greater rainfall and the western region receiving less.
Maybe a better idea would be to move farming to regions where more rainfall is expected. Or find something else for the farmers to do.
The Australian government pays farmers during drought and wants to modify the program to help farmers deal better with climate change.
Agriculture Minister Tony Burke says he supports the payments system but wants it to be improved, with farmers given more help to deal with climate change.
...
"What we want to make sure of is that it can be improved so that whenever somebody goes through a period of drought and goes through a period of needing government assistance, by the time that period's over, they've actually got themselves better prepared and better engaged to deal with climate change."
Sounds good, right? Actually, if you've been keeping up with predictions of what climate change is going to do to Australia, this is not a good plan. This phrase - "by the time that period's over"- demonstrates the problem. The period isn't going to be over. I'm no expert on climate change, but a quick search shows that likely scenarios aren't looking good. Here's what scientists have to say about future moi
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