Your community for scientific, skeptical, secular, rational and humanistic inquiry.
Julia Kim For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of controlled fusion research, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have successfully effected a fusion reaction that produced more energy than what it took to ignite it. U.S. officials have reported this promising result could eventually accelerate the world’s transition to renewable energy,…
Science involves systematic, empirical research and builds on all past scientific investigation. As such, it is constantly self-evaluating and self-correcting. Science leads to better, longer lives. Yet science is under attack. Self-serving “snake oil salesmen” seek to undermine science. Naïve consumers opt for quick fixes and easy solutions, undermining the ability of science to improve…
World population has hit 9 billion. What does this mean for Canadians? And what does it mean for humanity?
Examining the environmental and health benefits of electric vehicles.
Evaluating our ability to think critically, especially about risk.
