Science

Capitalism, Climate, Environment, Science

Profit Versus Survival: Denying Climate Change

Global warming first came to wide public attention in the late 1980s. A crucial turning point was the presentation that climate scientist James Hansen made to Congress ...

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Environment, International relations, Science, Socialism

Viewing Earth From Space

There was an interesting discussion recently on the Quora website. It’s about what Earth looks like from space and the impact that seeing Earth from space has ...

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healthcare, News, Science

The Right to Life Ends at Birth

The Supreme Court has been throwing its weight around lately. Not content with sabotaging legislative attempts to restrict access to mass-murder weapons, it has now overturned Roe ...

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Environment, healthcare, Science, Technology

Beware — Cell Phones!

Cell phones are everywhere. Almost everyone has one. But there is mounting scientific evidence of the harm their radiation does to human health, especially to the health of children.

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Environment, healthcare, News, Science

COVID-19: The Lab-leak Hypothesis

Did the coronavirus leap from bat to man at a wildlife market or inside a scientific laboratory? We may never know for sure, but the lab-leak hypothesis is plausible. What are the implications?

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Capitalism, Economics, Environment, healthcare, Housing, News, Science, Socialism

Markets Are Trash

The Covid-19 pandemic exposes the cruel and absurd results of relying on markets for the satisfaction of human needs. In Las Vegas homeless men sleep on a parking lot on a street full of empty hotels.

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Capitalism, Economics, healthcare, Science

A Cure for COVID-19: A Profit-making Strategy

Interim results of trials of the drug Remdesivir on Covid-19 patients are very encouraging. But could the drug be reaching those who desperately need it more quickly?

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Economics, Environment, healthcare, News, Politics, Science

Why the Shortage of Medical Supplies?

Why are medical supplies in such short supply? This study explains the main reasons and presents three case studies: respiratory face masks, ventilators, and vaccines.

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