climate change
Republicans Are Making The EPA’s Work Environment Toxic
By Irene Nazari By creating a toxic work environment at the EPA, administrator Scott Pruitt is threatening the agency’s ability to address increasingly urgent environmental issues for us all. In 2017, over 700 employees left the EPA and now many more are predicted to follow. Trump appointee and fossil fuel
Brain Study Shows Conservatives are more Fearful than Liberals
By Harvey Rifkin “Fear” and “Ignorance” are supportive bedfellows. According to researchers at “University College London found that self-described conservative students had a larger amygdala than liberals. The amygdala is an almond-shaped structure deep in the brain that is active during states of fear and anxiety. Liberals had more gray matter at least in
City of San Francisco Still Invests Hundreds of Millions in Fossil Fuel Companies
By William Barton On August 9th, the board of the SFERS (San Francisco Employee Retirement System) had resolved itself to a big vote. They were deciding whether to fully divest from fossil fuel companies in a landmark case for the growing DivestInvest movement for action on climate change. The SFERS board
This Week @ Down to a Science: Animal Sex
Do your genitals explode? Do you have a penis growing on your head? Does your copulation last 10 weeks? Are you 200,000 times smaller than your mate? Are your sex toys made of leaves and twigs? Do you drug your lover with a no-cheating potion? Knowing this audience, I suspect