https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAL1-vzMvmA Published on 29 Jul 2013 Watch more cosmology debates and talks at: http://bit.ly/1etdKfT Theoretical physicist from University of North Carolina Laura Mersini-Houghton reveals how the latest snapshots from the Planck satellite yield evidence for parallel universes. "'Her work delves even deeper into how our world came to be than the Big Bang theory." WUNC … Continue reading Laura Mersini-Houghton: How to Find a Multiverse
Category: Science
Sarah Richardson – Exceptional and unconformable phenomena: Maternal effects and the epistemologies of the life sciences
https://youtu.be/AIyMr6mH11s This talk draws on the intellectual history of maternal effects science to pose the question: What forms of scientific practice and discourse result when life scientists encounter phenomena that persistently rebuff study, control, and optimization, and which demand a high tolerance for uncertainty? The science of maternal effects posits that in addition to transmitting … Continue reading Sarah Richardson – Exceptional and unconformable phenomena: Maternal effects and the epistemologies of the life sciences
Christy Graph
For the animated version see the link below. The animation shows the flaws in a chart frequently presented by John Christy in the media and Congressional testimony. The chart has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal. http://www.skepticalscience.com/graphics.php?g=243
Reenacting Science: Bruno Latour at SCIENCE GALLERY
A far more digestible insight into Latour's current thinking than his excellent Gifford lectures. Outlines his view of how science and politics may need to merge in view of the threat posed by climate change denial, how he relates to Peter Sloterdijk's thoughts on envelopes etc and how these may relate to 21st century art in … Continue reading Reenacting Science: Bruno Latour at SCIENCE GALLERY
Mycogeddon
Paul Stamets' patent could destroy Monsanto's grip on the pesticide industry using mushrooms https://www.minds.com/blog/view/422130907919421440/paul-stamets039-patent-could-destroy-monsanto039s-grip-on-the-pesticide-industry-using-mushrooms Why poison your food if you don't have to? In this post-industrial culture of getting as much as you can out of as little space as possible, increasing profit, regardless of ecological impact; we have birthed a slew of new ideas … Continue reading Mycogeddon
Religion and environmental sustainability
Pope Francis stresses 'right to environment' in UN speech http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34360928 Pope's key messages for US Congress http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34351940
DARK THOUGHTS ON ECOMODERNISM
http://dark-mountain.net/blog/dark-thoughts-on-ecomodernism-2/ and response to critics http://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-09-10/ecomodernism-a-response-to-my-critics as suggested by George Monbiot http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2015/sep/24/meet-the-ecomodernists-ignorant-of-history-and-paradoxically-old-fashioned
GM comes of age?…we’re doomed!!
"Given the potential for gene drives to alter entire wild populations and therefore ecosystems, the development of this technology must include robust safeguards and methods of control (Oye et al., 2014). Whereas existing gene drive proposals focus on adding genes (Ito et al., 2002), disrupting existing genes (Burt, 2003), or suppressing populations, RNA-guided gene drives … Continue reading GM comes of age?…we’re doomed!!
Joey O'Gorman 