Tag Archives: science

Easily Confused (63) Politicians and Science

Posted on 2017-02-19 by

Donald Trump: Justin Trudeau: What a difference an education makes. Advertisements

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Climate Change is Real (my TEDx video)

Posted on 2017-02-14 by

After giving a talk at a TEDx conference in Romania in 2015, I stayed in contact with the very friendly team in Târgu Mureș even after I moved to South America. So, for this year’s conference, they asked me for a … Continue reading →

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Who made the first infographic?

Posted on 2017-02-05 by

Reading about Alexander von Humboldt’s scientific voyage in South America, I stumbled upon his Naturgemälde (“painting of nature”) which he drew after almost conquering the summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador in 1802. It shows a cross section of Chimborazo, arguably the highest mountain in … Continue reading →

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Zodiac Sign

Posted on 2016-10-15 by

When I am sometimes tired of meeting people, it is because I feel being interviewed by many of them. If you and me ever meet, please tell me stories about yourself instead of going through my CV as if I … Continue reading →

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Kon-Tiki

Posted on 2016-09-26 by

Preparing my trip to Easter Island, memories of Kon-Tiki leaped into my mind, one of the first travel/adventure books I read. Thor Heyerdahl and his crew did not sail to Easter Island in 1947, but further north, yet the underlying question if the islands … Continue reading →

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A good reason not to care about global warming

Posted on 2016-09-23 by

From Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson: If you take a “long-term view” of billions (!) of years on environmental problems, why bother about anything else then? Surely, when the sun is going to explode, it won’t ask us how … Continue reading →

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Book Review: “Golden Holocaust” by Robert Proctor

Posted on 2016-09-16 by

This will be a short book review because Robert Proctor’s book about the dangers of tobacco, smoking and cigarettes can be dismissed outright after reading the title and the introduction. Although I occasionally smoke cigars, I know it’s neither healthy … Continue reading →

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