Science under attack

Dismantling the scientific infrastructure. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

Why we are not politicians, and why the warning against the actions of the Trump administration is objectively correct

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The Trump administration is leading the destruction of science and how it could return us to the Middle Ages or even the Stone Age. The damage of erasing databases and laying off workers will cause a huge setback in many fields, so the resistance is
Depletion of sea ice cover near Greenland. In particular, the ancient ice (in white color) has almost disappeared and most of the remaining ice is new. NOAA Climate.gov/NSIDC

Climate disruptions, extreme weather events and global connections: the Arctic is crying out

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By Matthew Druckenmiller, Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Rick Thoman, Alaska Climatologist, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Twila Moon,
The climate crisis. Illustration: depositphotos.com

"The state must take sides in the climate lawsuits"

At the Faculty of Law conference we discussed the issues discussed at the Glasgow Climate Conference
State President Yitzhak Herzog presents the letter of appointment to the incoming president of the Academy Prof. David Harel. Photo credit: Israel National Academy of Sciences

President Herzog at the Academy President appointment ceremony: "It is our duty to strengthen the scientific forces against those who try to undermine them and challenge them"

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The foundation series poster, based on the book series by Isaac Asimov. Photo: APPLE TV+

The galactic institution - the last barrier to barbarism in the TV series, and who will save us in reality from returning to the Middle Ages?

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Did Asimov predict humanity's collapse back into the Middle Ages where respect for knowledge is your knowledge and ignorance will take over? It turns out that the denial of science as it is expressed even more strongly justifies Asimov's fear. appear to be
The countries that are members of the Horizon 2020 program that ends this year - in dark blue, countries that belong to the European Union, in light blue the associated countries that the UK will now also join. Associated countries will not be able to participate in the Horizon Europe program in the fields of quantum and space.

Israel, Great Britain and Switzerland were excluded from the European R&D program in the fields of quantum and space

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The reasons: making these areas strategic and the fear of brain drain. About 20 joint quantum projects with the European Union are operating in Israel. The scientific community fears damage to European science. Officials in Israel did not respond to a website request
The invasion of Trump supporters into the Capitol, January 6, 2021. Photo: shutterstock

How the behavioral economy destroys democracy - and how to save it

Fight on Facebook about the corona vaccine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Conspiracy theories don't make sense but they fulfill a basic human need that needs to be addressed

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And while experts can't always provide the uncompromising certainty people crave, friendly, accessible scientific communication can help educate conspiracy theorists and satisfy the human desire for knowledge and understanding.
Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The fine print of the climate campaign

Searching for a cure for Corona. Illustration: shutterstock

In the time of the corona, science must be counted 

Solutions to the climate crisis. Illustration: shutterstock

The time of the Corona, the age of the climate crisis

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Bankruptcy. From jumpstory.com

The bottom line of climate change

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The Corona epidemic. Illustration: shutterstock

The future of humanity in the light of the corona virus: three scenarios

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The corona virus is spreading and with it also conspiracy theories. Image: Shutterstock

The spread of the corona virus - a breeding ground for conspiracy theories. Why is it dangerous?

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flying saucers Illustration: shutterstock

Documents revealed, UFOs not found

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A protest sign of the "Extinction Rebellion" movement. Photo: shutterstock

A deadly combination: the climate crisis and human species extinction

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The climate march in front of the US embassy in Tel Aviv, 2017. Photo by shutterstock

The climate crisis is not here

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Area 51 as it appears in a satellite image on the Google Earth website

Only a few thousand of the 2 million registered made it to the "storming event" on Area 51, five were arrested

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Artificial intelligence. Illustration: shutterstock

Singularity: How Governments Can Stop the Rise of Unfriendly Artificial Intelligence

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Climate change denial. Illustration: shutterstock

Pseudoscience is taking over social media with fake news and putting us all at risk

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It seems that the USA is plunging into an era of isolation and isolation. The White House wants to cancel international agreements, including the Paris Agreement to deal with climate change, and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and is using presidential orders to stop or slow down the entry of refugees and the immigrants to the USA. Photo: Michael Vadon.

Science without walls

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"Researchers must be willing not only to be attentive to the questions and concerns raised by the public and not be satisfied with trying to repel them, but also to respond to them - even if this means they have to shelve technology that they believe may change the world." Illustration: US Air Force photo by Richard Eldridge.

Scientists are trying new ways to convince a skeptical public

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Polarization means tribalism. American society has become so tribal that belonging to the political left is like a statement of faith, a declaration that the phenomenon of climate change is real. And similarly, identifying with the right necessarily means denying climate change. Pictured: A sign with the inscription "Science is real", at the Women's March in Washington DC. Si, January 21, 2017. Photo: Liz Lemon.

The denial of science - what does it come from?

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US President Donald Trump downplays the importance of scientific findings regarding global warming in the event of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Screenshot from YOUTUBE

How industry fights science

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US President Donald Trump downplays the importance of scientific findings regarding global warming in the event of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Screenshot from YOUTUBE

An alarming finding: a significant proportion of Americans think that scientific research is harmful to society. Opinion/The Middle Ages are upon us

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In order to survive for millions of years, humanity must find ways to protect the Earth. Source: Don Davis.

Questions for the future of humanity: Can the human race avoid extinction?

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Tambora volcano on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. Photo: Jialiang Gao / Wikimedia.

Frankenstein, volcanoes and climate engineering

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What goes through Trump's mind. Image: from PIXABAY.COM

Opinion: Trump is performing shock therapy on science and environmental agencies  

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Scientific literacy does not necessarily mean knowing how heat, pressure and volume are expressed in gas, but rather being aware of the scientific law that determines the relationship between them. FROM PIXABAY.COM

The two questions that assess your scientific literacy

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The badger has good reason to fear man: he kills it at a rate 4.3 times higher than its natural predators. Photo: Chris Frewin, Flickr

Fear factor

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Donald Trump at an election rally. From Wikishare

Trump wants to cancel NASA's Earth-related programs but has promised to focus on manned programs

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Input from multiple sensors. Illustration: shutterstock

Supersensory perception / Gershon Davlon and Joseph A. Paradiso

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Studying science. Photo: shutterstock

A country haunted by demons MV: On the occasion of International Children's Day: Education aimed at ignorance is an unforgivable sin

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Inside the Colosseum in Rome. Photo: Daniel Lohmer / Shutterstock.com

Empires fell because of two reasons: social disparity and overexploitation of natural resources; Modern culture is not immune

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From the promo for the Cosmos series, broadcast on the Fox and National Geographic networks. From YOUTUBE

Neil deGrasse Tyson, presenter of the series Cosmos: "If Sagan were alive, he would be most surprised by the fact that we still have to argue that science is important to society."

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Stop with the racist stereotypes. Illustration: shutterstock

Defense against prejudice / Ed Jung

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A sea glacier near Garland. Illustration: shutterstock

Is the earth cooling? New Argument From Global Warming Deniers Mobilizes Arctic Ice That Dare To Recover Compared To Last Year To Fight Scientists

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2 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - self-photograph, image processing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - self-photograph, image processing Share 0 In the article "A Beautiful Object" from last week, Yaki Manschenfreund justified the criticism of the photo of the Boston-based danger Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of "Rolling" Stone", and concluded that presenting it as a "beautiful object" insults the victims and their families, and basically any person with moral sensitivity. I liked Munchenfreund's analysis, but I do not agree with his conclusion. I tried to understand why the editors of "Rolling Stone" chose this particular photo, and in my humble opinion the explanation is quite simple and obvious: Tsarnaev looks like the cute neighbor's boy in the photo, a sensitive poet or a gigolo after a night of pleasure - but the editors of the magazine tell us: he is not what he is seen. He is a murderer. monster. The inscription on the cover leaves no room for doubt: "The terrorist. How a popular and promising student was failed by his family, degenerated into radical Islam and became a monster." The caption confronts the reader with the meaning of the image, balances it and attaches the proper interpretation to it. This is a message whose effect is much stronger precisely because of the controversial use of the photo, but the very claim that this photo of Tsarnaev humiliates the victims of the murder and belittles their relatives is demagogic and manipulative. And since when can the physical characteristics of a murderer "despise" or "respect" his victims? In addition, it is an approach that expresses a flat, binary view, according to which beautiful = good, ugly = bad, from the outside and from the inside. When "Rolling Stone" publishes a beautiful representation of a bad man, it breaks down the equation and builds a complex and even deceptive picture of reality. Perhaps he wants to convey a message to his readers: you will be able to understand this complex reality without us having to illustrate it for you with simplistic representations. By the way, the same photo of Tsarnaev was published in May prominently on the front page of the "New York Times", and even then received barrages of criticism. The presentation of Tsarnaev as a "beautiful object" raises another issue: this is not a press photo, but a self-portrait. At a certain point in time, Tsarnaev chose to present himself this way (as do all his peers). This self-photograph is seen as serving Tsarnaev's personal-subjective agenda, rather than as legitimate objective journalistic documentation. From this point of view, the criticism is about the privilege that was allegedly granted to Tsarnaev - to make use of this biased image representation of him, and to burn himself in the collective consciousness in a way that contradicts, or at least does not coincide, with his identification as a murderer. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of "Rolling Stone", August 2013 The Boston Marathon victim Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of "Rolling Stone", August 2013

The voice of the skeptic - the crime scene, science

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A boy with smallpox is immortalized on a stamp from Guinea. Photo: shutterstock.

Smallpox viruses threaten again / Sonia Shah

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The cover of the book "The Secret Race"

The voice of the skeptic - about tyrants and conservatives

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A country haunted by demons XNUMX: The man who hates Euclid was unanimously elected chairman of the science committee in the Knesset; Hawking boycotts Israel

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Nuclear waste in northern Australia

The voice of the skeptic - the left's war on science / Michael Shermer

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Smoke billows over the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Photo: US National Park Service. From Wikipedia

The voice of the skeptic - contradictory conspiracies

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Mad Scientist, from Wikipedia (CC license)

The hostility to science rears its head

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Al Gore during his time as US Vice President, 1994. Official photo of the White House

Al Gore is angry about the media spin trying to hide the scientific position about global warming

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The burnt container containing archaeological findings vandalized by ultra-Orthodox, December 2011. Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority

A country haunted by demons 29: in a place where archaeological finds are burned...

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Creationist museum in the USA - shows humans and dinosaurs walking together on the earth before Noah's flood

The voice of the skeptic - what is pseudo-science? / Michael Shermer

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Tal Inbar at the evening of the lectures "The Threats to Science and Reason" of the Hidan and Hamada site, 2/11/2011. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

US control of space - the end. Fourth and last article following the "Threats to Science and Reason" event

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Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and publisher of Science. PR photo

Science Publisher Alan Leshner Explains to Tennessee Lawmakers Why Global Warming and Evolution Are Not in Scientific Controversy

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Gilad Diamant at the Threats to Science and Reason conference of the Hidan site, Hamada, November 2, 11. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The Great Epidemic of Illusions - About New Age, Science and Society. Third article from the "Threats to Science and Society" evening of the Hidan site

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