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Category: Science Literacy

Research before you Research – Predatory Journals

Posted on September 30, 2025September 30, 2025 By E Pictetus No Comments on Research before you Research – Predatory Journals

[This article initially appeared in the March 2018 edition of Critical Links, and is updated here with corrections and additional information.] Committed skeptics are often in the habit of viewing the content of Facebook pages and Internet publications with a solid level of skepticism, and many us have become practiced at detecting obviously bogus news…

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critical thinking, Education, Science, Science Literacy

Why I Support Nuclear Power Generation

Posted on September 23, 2025September 29, 2025 By Sandra Dunham 3 Comments on Why I Support Nuclear Power Generation
Why I Support Nuclear Power Generation

How a visit to a third world country confirmed what I’m learning about nuclear power.

Climate Change, critical links, critical thinking, environment, Science Literacy

Use Science, not Emotion, to Drive Climate Solutions

Posted on May 24, 2025May 31, 2025 By Critical Links 12 Comments on Use Science, not Emotion, to Drive Climate Solutions
Use Science, not Emotion, to Drive Climate Solutions

How do Canada’s top scientists react when challenged about the benefits of nuclear energy?

Climate Change, critical thinking, environment, health, Science, Science Literacy, slider

 Conundrums: Probably

Posted on April 29, 2025May 1, 2025 By Critical Links 1 Comment on  Conundrums: Probably

Last time …  … I wrote of titles. Alex B. in his reply reinforces the religious nature of hockey in Quebec. A puzzle for another time, though I am reminded of what Uli Locher at McGill said in his sociology of religion class – he wasn’t going to define religion except by self-description by participants….

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critical links, critical thinking, philosophy, Science Literacy

What Creates the Release of Hormones

Posted on February 27, 2025March 1, 2025 By Critical Links
What Creates the Release of Hormones

Explaining the natural process of hormone release.

brain science, critical links, Science, Science Literacy, slider

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