Five Human Species You May Not Know About

By Tamar SchwartzSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021 History, Science

Click Here to Read: Five Human Species You May Not Know About by Anna Goldfield on the Real Clear Science website on September 23, 2021. Image: Gunnar Cruetz. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

The philosophical problems of cosmology

By Tamar SchwartzSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: The philosophical problems of cosmology: A deep-dive into the foundations of cosmology by George Ellis on the iai News website on September 22, 3021.

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The Pursuit of Truth: What is a scientific paradigm?

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 20, 2021August 20, 2021 Science

THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH: What is a scientific paradigm? Richard Koenigsberg

Victor Gijsbers

Victor Gijsbers provides the best explication and discussion of the concept of a scientific paradigm that I’ve seen, heard, read–anywhere. Required listening (only 10 minutes long).

Click Here to View: first video is called, “Thomas Kuhn, Normal Science.”

Paradigm: all the theories, concepts, methods and measuring instruments that a scientific discipline takes for granted and that directs research in that discipline. Continue reading The Pursuit of Truth: What is a scientific paradigm?

Climate change: Five things we have learned from the IPCC report

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Politics, Science

Click Here to Read: Climate change: Five things we have learned from the IPCC report By Matt McGrath on the BBC News website on August 9, 2021, Satelite image from NASA showning wildfires from Athens, Greece in 5 August 2021 Image: worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Assault on Empiricism

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Politics, Science

Click Here to Read: From crime to climate change, the hostility of ‘movements’ to data is making it impossible to address real-world problems BY Wilfred Reilly on the Tablet website on August 11, 2021.
Proud Boys at Confederate protest with Fred Perry polo Image: Anthony Crider. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Hints of a new fundamental force

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: Hints of a new fundamental force: Are we on the brink of a breakthrough in particle physics? Harry Cliff on the iai website on August 9, 2021.
CERN, Geneva, particle accelerator Image: x70tjw Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Is space infinite? We asked 5 experts

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 12, 2021August 12, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: Is space infinite? We asked 5 experts on the Conversation Website on August 10, 2021.
|Part of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Even the brightest galaxies in this image have an apparent magnitude of 22. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.