Sixth Mass Extinction

Comprehensive studies of extinctions have now quantified the rate of extinction and creation of species. Previous extinctions were caused by Continue reading →

Data That Matters July 2017

A major disaster increases poverty by about one percent, and heightens inequality. The US added 222,000 jobs, had 4.4% unemployment, Continue reading →

Fukushima Radiation Spikes

Radiation within the damaged Fukushima nuclear power station has more risen to exceed the previous by a factor of seven. It Continue reading →

Scientific Analysis Predicts Collapse

The following conclusion may not surprise you, but the way they reached it may. “SOCIETY could collapse at some point Continue reading →

Popular Posts 2016

Northwest Passage opens – because what other event demonstrates global warming? Breaking The Internet – because the network is no Continue reading →

Comet Overdue

Remember that bumper sticker from before the election, “Giant Meteor 2016 – Just End It Already”? Well, NASA reminds us Continue reading →

Venezuela Collapse Continues

Weirdly good news about terrible news: Various worries about economic and societal collapses are based on conversations and hypotheses. Venezuela Continue reading →

Breaking The Internet

Some stories are best covered in simple terms because the next level of complexity immediately jumps to expertise understood by Continue reading →