Faith and Foolishness: How Religious Beliefs Impact Science and Society

How Religious Beliefs Impact Science and Society The delicate interplay between faith and scientific understanding has shaped societies for centuries. At its best, faith inspires moral action, and science fosters innovation, progress, and truth-seeking. However, when religious beliefs reject or undermine scientific principles, the consequences can ripple across education, public health, and policy. Today, the... Continue Reading →

2024/12/25

“Realists” argue that climate plans need to accommodate oil and gas, but that only perpetuates the climate crisis Toward the end of 2022, I was a panelist at a session on climate change held by a major scientific society. Near the end of the session, a prominent scientist declared that we needed to be “realistic”:... Continue Reading →

We Can’t Solve Our Climate Problems without Removing Their Main Cause: Fossil-Fuel Emissions

2023/01/26

A new analysis shows that people born later will experience vastly more severe weather events Babies born today will experience far more disruptions fueled by climate change than their parents or grandparents. In a study published recently in Science, Wim Thiery of Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and his colleagues combined climate model projections under... Continue Reading →

How Climate Change Will Hit Younger Generations

2022/08/01 0

Tropical regions show the greatest risk for insect declines The combined influence of climate change and expanding agriculture are causing insect populations to plummet in some parts of the world, according to a new study that determined the abundance of bugs has dropped by half in the hardest-hit places. That’s a big concern for both... Continue Reading →

Insects Are Dying Off Because of Climate Change and Farming

2022/05/05 0

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