Category Archives: Science
CLIMATE CHANGE: “Weather Channel Scientist Shreds Climate Denier Garbage” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
Breitbart News last week used one of the Weather Channel’s videos to mislead its readers into believing that climate change is a hoax — and now the normally non-political channel is striking back.
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: “Your Ego and the Cosmic Perspective” / Big Think Mentor / Neil deGrasse Tyson ☮
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM: “A Cult of Ignorance” / Isaac Asimov ☮

INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY: “Professor Andrea Sella Gives a Science Demonstration on BBC Radio4 Today Program” / BBC News ☮
CRITICAL THINKING: “Why Should You NOT Have any Role Model” / Neil deGrasse Tyson ☮
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains why it is a bad idea to have a Role model.
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: “Anti-Science Politicians Endanger Us All” / Bill Nye ☮
Danger is at hand, and you may have voted for it. Science educator Bill Nye weaves a passionate argument for the importance of science literacy in a country’s elected leaders.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/bill-nye-o…
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY: “The Purpose of Education isn’t to Validate Ignorance, but to Overcome it” / Lawrence Krauss ☮
NATURE: “Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts” / PBS Digital Studios / Deep Look ☮
Humans aren’t the only creatures that get frustrated. Squirrels do too. One researcher wants to know, could there be an evolutionary benefit to losing your cool?
CANNABIS: “Big Pharma Terrified That Medical Marijuana Will Kill Their Deadly Opioid Business” / The Young Turks / Farron Cousins ☮
Major pharmaceutical companies are pulling out their check books to defeat marijuana legalization efforts around the country, and documents show that the industry is terrified about the prospects of medical marijuana eating into their opioid painkiller profits.