Stay updated with breaking news from Richard Feynmann. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Dr. John Robson investigates the unsound origins and fundamental inaccuracy, even dishonesty, of the claim that 97% of scientists, or "the world's scientists", or something agree that climate change is man-made, urgent and dangerous.
This idea dates back to the Russians in the early 1970s. The surface of Venus is far too hot, and the atmosphere too dense, for Earth life. However, our air is a lifting gas on Venus with about half the lifting power of helium on Earth.
Varanasi: An engaging campus dialogue with students’ on ‘Reflections on Science in the Aftermath of the Coronavirus Pandemic’, was organized by the re.
It is not strictly the 20th anniversary of this repeatedly-quoted lecture – that would have been the 17th of January, but I am not a strict by-the-calendar guy. I post the complete lecture here, in its entirety, which is not usually done – almost always only excerpts or quips are quoted — but that is at the cost of the marvelous line of reasoning which is the true power of the lecture.
It was announced that although Karikó was considered in scientific circles to be a possible candidate for the Nobel Prize, it was awarded to another pair.