by Tom Jacobs September 30, 2009 Two new studies suggest older people have difficulty suppressing stereotypes, which means many may become prejudiced against their will. There are a lot of clichés thrown around about the elderly, but one that seems to be true — or at least is backed up by research — is the belief they tend [...]

Geo-Engineering Could Save the Planet… And in the Process Sacrifice the World by Jason Mark September 15, 2009 Earth is busted. Like a supercomputer whose elaborate code has developed a few bugs, the core operating systems of the planet are frayed: Ocean populations are collapsing, forests are disappearing, soils have become thin. Perhaps most worrisome, the globe’s atmosphere, the [...]

by Vandana Shiva September 11, 2009 In times when food is genetically manipulated and chemically contaminated, the metaphor “food for thought” can also stand for manipulated information and be toxic food for thought. Unfortunately, Dr M.S. Swaminathan’s GM: Food for Thought (August 26), is as manipulated as the genetically-modified (GM) foods which were the subject of his [...]

por Alberto Carmona Bayonas 4 de septiembre, 2009 Echen un vistazo a los resultados del congreso anti-cambio climático promovido por el Instituto Heartland. Al parecer fue un éxito sin parangón. Durante varios días, los expertos internacionales que se dieron cita en Nueva York demostraron de forma irrefutable que no existe ningún cambio climático, sino una variación cíclica [...]

by Tiffiniy Cheng August 27, 2009 What’s stopping us from finding solutions to world hunger, environmental crises, poverty, and health issues? It’s not that we don’t have answers. It’s that lobbying and special interest public branding has turned us into a society that makes decisions without observable facts and in a fundamental way, disregards science. We have [...]

by Judith Burns August 18, 2009 Scientists say they have evidence that the powerful greenhouse gas methane is escaping from the Arctic sea-bed. Researchers say this could be evidence of a predicted positive feedback effect of climate change.

The American Psychological Association maintains that homosexuality is natural and, most especially, that it can’t be changed. by Jean-Claude Leclerc August 10, 2009 The attack against a gay community center in Tel Aviv didn’t just shake up the homosexuals in that liberal town. Distressed that such a crime could happen among them, many other Israelis are also in [...]

by John Markoff July 25, 2009 A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones, which, though still controlled remotely by humans, come close to a machine that can kill autonomously.

Photos from US spy satellites declassified by the Obama White House provide the first graphic images of how the polar ice sheets are retreating in the summer. The effects on the world’s weather, environments and wildlife could be devastating

por John Kozy 17 de julio, 2009 La ignorancia domina en EE.UU.: afecta a los ricos así como a los pobres, a los poderosos y a los carentes de poder, a los famosos así como a los poco conocidos. Prevalece en las salas de los directores ejecutivos de la nación, en el Congreso, en las fuerzas armadas, [...]