Archive for December, 2012

Antibiotics Kill the Good Along with the Bad

Antibiotics Kill the Good Along with the Bad

Antibiotics are currently the best countermeasure to a variety of infections, but its downsides are legion.

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The Achilles Heel of Climate Denialism

The Achilles Heel of Climate Denialism

A survey of the peer reviewed literature shows that just 0.17% of papers since 1991 reject global warming. Regardless of how entrenched one’s views are within the denialist ecosystem, reality can only be eschewed for so long.

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Review: Guns, Germs, and Steel

Review: Guns, Germs, and Steel

According to Diamond, it merely was adventitious that Eurasians possessed the guns, germs, and steel to conquer foreign lands, for it was their indigenous proximity to an ecologically diverse landmass that best explains their success.

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