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Did COVID escape from a Wuhan lab?

May 20, 2024May 21, 2021 by Dave
Did COVID escape from a Wuhan lab?

Did COVID-19 escape from a lab in Wuhan? Read on to find out what all the arguments are and why a lab escape is highly improbable.

Categories biology, Critical Thinking, Health, humans, Medicine, science Tags covid, COVID-19, lab leak, origins Leave a comment

Study: SARS-CoV-2 May Insert Itself Into The Human Genome

May 20, 2021 by Dave
Genome

Study claims “SARS-CoV-2 sequences can be integrated into human genome”. It sounds scary, so let’s see what it actually claims.

Categories biology, humans, science Tags COVID-19, DNA, Genome, SARS-CoV-2, study Leave a comment

Study: Clear Signs That Part of the Greenland Ice Sheet Is Close to a Tipping Point

May 19, 2021 by Dave
Greenland tipping point

“every year with CO2 emissions continuing as usual exponentially increases the probability of crossing the tipping point.” #Greenland

Categories Arctic, Climate Change, news, science, study Tags greenland, study, tipping point Leave a comment

Study: Antarctic ice sheet retreat could trigger chain reaction

August 12, 2023May 18, 2021 by Dave
Today, Antarctic winds usually blow from the continent out to the sea. Credit: Svein Østerhus

New Study reveals that melting ice in Antarctica could trigger chain reactions, bringing monsoon rains to the ice cap.

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Climate change threatens one-third of global food production

December 23, 2023May 17, 2021 by Dave
global food production

Food-growing areas will see drastic changes to rainfall and temperatures if climate change continues at current rate. #food #production #risk

Categories Climate Change, environment, science, study Tags climate, food Leave a comment

The Cult of Fools – GQP Cancel Culture – May 16, 2021

May 20, 2024May 16, 2021 by Dave
The Cult of Fools - GQP Cancel Culture

This is a weekly selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics

Categories fundamentalists, nutters, politics, religion Tags fundamentalists, politics, religion, right-wing, wingnut Leave a comment
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