Smithsonian Magazine on the biggest human fossil discoveries of the past decade; ENST replies
Rob Sheldon on current efforts to explain the universe’s expansion
Dr. Fauci and Big Farma
Please indulge my well-earned cynicism. Let’s recap what’s been going on. Dr. Raolt says that HCL is showing remarkable results with his CoVid patients. Dr. Raolt expands this study beyond his own clinic and patients. Dr. Fauci says that this is “anecdotal.” A doctor in New York says that HCL, when given early on, is showing remarkable results: 80 to 90% of his patients are surviving (or, was it even higher?). Dr. Fauci says that this is “anecdotal.” Then a study comes out that says that Remdisivir, produced by Gilead, has done a full clinical trial and that their drug lessens the time of illness from 14 days to 11 days but it only mildly improves the death rate. Dr. Read More ›
We are told: The recipe for the origin of life has been revised
Stephen Wolfram’s new theory of everything LACKS something?
Fish evolve in a single generation? Not so fast…
At STAT: Ioannidis’ differing COVID-19 views shouldn’t be demonized
Michael Egnor on COVID-19: Herd immunity vs herd mentality
The universe simulates ITSELF?
Plumbing New Depths of Lockdown Stupidity
“There is no point in keeping grocery stores open if the meat packers are closed due to the virus.” Commenter Ed George
Most people have heard about the whale series of evolution, often in school…
Icelandic genome provides clues to Neanderthal history, creates puzzle
Michael Egnor: Jerry Coyne just can’t give up denying free will
Newsweek: Lockdown “Clumsy” and “Heavy-Handed”
To our progressive interlocutors: When even Newsweek bails on you, it is time to abandon your narrative. MOST U.S. HOSPITALS ARE EMPTY. SOON THEY MIGHT BE CLOSED FOR GOOD instead of merely preserving hospital beds and other resources, this heavy-handed injunction has created a burden of its own design: a historic number of empty beds in systems left untouched by the pandemic. Those hospitals have resorted to unprecedented levels of furloughs to stave off temporary budget shortfalls, but industry and economic trends point to more lasting outcomes unless immediate action is taken.