Quaternary Sciences News Today

A new location at an old archaeological site has turned up evidence that hominins in the area knew how to play, create and entertain.

Sir, – Re the debate on the relevance of Extinction Rebellion and its protests. The difficulty for me is that the major polluters of the planet are not based in Scotland or even in the UK. They are countries in South America burning rainforests for increased agricultural food production, China with its huge population and dependency on fossil fuels, America which has been slow for political and economic reasons to recognise the problem and countries on the African continent whose populations ...

-- H. Sterling Burnett The progressive crowd has been saying the quiet part out loud quite a bit lately. Time magazine released an article on Thursday extolling the praises of a shadowy cabal of industry higher-ups who conspired to manipulate the election and oust Donald Trump.   The article shocked a lot of people for its brazenness. Mere days earlier, conservative outlets—including our own—were subject to page removals, suspensions, and outright bans for even suggesting such a thing. In...

Climate “Crisis” Update The climatistas are urging President Biden to declare climate change to be a national emergency, thereby tripping enhanced presidential powers under the profligate National Emergencies Act. Trump employed the NEA to divert defense funds to build some of the border wall that Congress refused to fund, and Biden might well raid the defense budget for more windmills or something. My guess is Biden is holding back this step in case Congress doesn’t give him a big down p...