Reflections on an Impermanent World

Photograph from Perttu Saksa’s 2012 Echo, a series of fragile images of taxidermic primates captured into European museum archives from colonial Africa and Latin America. Untitled, 120 x 150 cm, Diasec. by Sam Mowe Over 98 percent of all species ever to live on earth are now extinct. Though some of this loss is to be expected as part of the natural cycle of evolution— in nature, change is constant; stasis is abnormal— there have also been moments of catastrophic change, when the diversity of life has plummeted so suddenly and dramatically that the rules of evolution no longer apply. … Continue reading Reflections on an Impermanent World

Fed-Backed Study: How to Brainwash Public into Fearing “Climate Change” Like Ebola

From: Infowars $84K study seeks ways to make public fear “climate change and overpopulation” The National Science Foundation is funding a study to determine how to brainwash the public into fearing “climate change and overpopulation” as if they were Ebola. The NSF awarded an $84,000 grant to researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo yesterday to figure out how to make the public fear “climate change and overpopulation” as much as Ebola by analyzing how the public became concerned about a potential large-scale Ebola outbreak in the U.S. “In addition to the issue-specific value of knowing more … Continue reading Fed-Backed Study: How to Brainwash Public into Fearing “Climate Change” Like Ebola

Astronauts Who Helped Kickstart Environmental Movement Say Climate Change is ‘Bogus’

  24 December 1968: The famous “Earthrise” image helped kickstart global environmentalist movements Charlie Drake and Walter Cunningham’s photos inspired environmentists, but say their images were ‘exploited’ By Mark Piggott Their stunning images of a fragile Earth seen from space helped start the global environmental movement, but, speaking at the Starmus science festival in Tenerife, astronauts Charlie Duke and Walter Cunningham declared that research into climate change is “bogus” and claim their photographs were exploited by environment campaigners. According to today’s Sunday Times, Duke, who took pictures of Earth aboard an Apollo 16 mission in 1972, and later became a … Continue reading Astronauts Who Helped Kickstart Environmental Movement Say Climate Change is ‘Bogus’

There Are No Holes in the Ozone, Never Were

  by Dr. Tim Ball The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is running a campaign using television weather presenters and national broadcasters from around the world, to influence the UN’s Climate Summit 2014 scheduled for New York City on September 23. It is a counter attack designed to offset their losing the public, political, and scientific debate They’re releasing a series of films to, as WMO Secretary General Michel Jarroud said, “paint a compelling picture of what life could be like on a warmer planet,”…“Climate change is already leading to more extreme weather such as intense heat and rain…We need to … Continue reading There Are No Holes in the Ozone, Never Were

Do We Even Need Breakfast? 5 Ways the Morning Meal Is Rapidly Changing

  The most important meal of the day is evolving — and not for the better. By Clarissa A. León The first meal of the day just isn’t what it used to be. In fact, it’s becoming downright overrated, according to Gretchen Reynolds of the New York Times. We used to love waking up in the morning to a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee. But breakfast as we know it is changing, for a number of reasons. 1. Science finds proof we don’t even need breakfast. As Gretchen Reynolds writes in the Times, breakfast as the “most … Continue reading Do We Even Need Breakfast? 5 Ways the Morning Meal Is Rapidly Changing