• American higher education students looking to obtain degrees outside of the US
• Some villages are already being moved due to climate change
• Only known large carnivore pollinators
• Sexual Assault Awareness
• Light based computing

#highereducation #outsideamerica #degrees #movingvillages #climatechange #pollinators #carnivores #lightbased #computing #sexualassault #science #skepticism #beskeptical #beskepticaldammit #logic #logical #reason #reasonable #podcast #politics #wildlife #environment #activism

https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/trump-s-victory-drives-surge-in-us-students-seeking-courses-abroad-20241111-p5kpr8

https://www.forbes.com/sites/meglittlereilly/2024/11/25/study-abroad-trends-are-already-changing-in-anticipation-of-trump/

https://www.zmescience.com/science/trumps-re-election-triggers-surge-in-study-abroad-interest-among-u-s-students/

https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/climate-mana/climate-mana/104598344

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/fiji-villagers-on-the-front-line-of-climate-change/bsjodf3pr

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457336-nectar-loving-ethiopian-wolves-may-be-the-first-carnivore-pollinators/#:~:text=Ethiopian%20wolves%20feed%20on%20the%20sweet%20nectar%20of%20a%20local,and%20Africa's%20most%20threatened%20carnivore

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-needs-enormous-computing-power-could-light-based-chips-help/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/25/abortion-after-rape-laws-bans

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/64k-women-girls-became-pregnant-due-rape-states-abortion-bans-study-es-rcna135565

Politics/Religion/Be Skeptical Dammit - Christian Voting Group Leader Charged With Crimes Against Children

Science - Photosynthesis in Animal Cells

Environment - Boeing Built Satellite Broke Up in Orbit

Title Topic - Australian Scientists Speak Up About the Spread of Misinformation on The Great Barrier Reef

Positive/Fun - It's a Cave, But Also a Giant, Controllable Musical Instrument

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/leader-of-christian-voting-group

https://www.wired.com/story/researchers-give-animal-cells-the-ability-to-photosynthesize-for-the-first-time/

http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8d886I028o

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/05/dishonest-morrison-government-wanted-ipcc-to-say-great-barrier-reef-not-yet-in-crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/26/australias-science-academy-attacks-cherrypicking-of-great-barrier-reef-research

https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/culture/art/great-stalacpipe-organ-largest-musical-instrument/

https://www.islands.com/1745325/the-great-stalacpipe-organ-worlds-largest-musical-instrument-natural-marvel-deep-virginia-cave/

#science #skepticism #skeptical #skeptic #beskeptical #beskepticaldammit #podcast #podcasts #history #livingthroughextinction #livingthrough #extinction #politics #political #democracy #activist #activism #secular #humanist #atheist #atheism #humanity #environment #wildlife #plantlife #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming #positivesegment #reason #reasonable #logic #logical #bereasonable #belogical #boeing #satellite #orbit #photosynthesis #cells #christian #voting #crimes #children #australia #scientists #greatbarrierreef #misinformation #cave #instrument

• Disease Numbers Before & After Vaccines
• Eelgrass Roofs
• Varied Beliefs of Flat Earthers
• New Plastic Breaks Down to Fertilizer in soil

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2018/may/02/the-universe-is-an-egg-and-the-moon-isnt-real-notes-from-a-flat-earth-conference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_flat_Earth_beliefs

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4338?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAyJS7BhBiEiwAyS9uNQi6mXVmJCZlhJrSU1ghpkGBA5yVBVy1Qb6iaJwj9TKi-glu2uZwGBoCu9MQAvD_BwE

https://www.iflscience.com/flat-earthers-travel-to-antarctica-to-test-theories-but-are-quickly-humbled-77254

https://www.dissonancepod.com/?p=1071

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/386215/trump-rfk-jr-vaccines-health-measles-chart

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-eelgrass-be-the-next-big-bio-based-building-material-180985203/

https://www.troldtekt.com/themes/sustainability-in-the-built-environment/a-future-with-bio-based-building-materials/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c4gxyy00589o

#science #skepticism #skeptical #skeptic #beskeptical #beskepticaldammit #logic #logical #reason #reasonable #belogical #bereasonable #flatearth #roundearth #plastic #plastics #dissolving #fertilizer #environment #soil #water #eelgrass #roofs #vaccines #measles #polio #smallpox

The rights of the abusers have been given priority over the rights of the victims of Catholic Priests

The dangers of having a baby when your only 'coverage' is a health sharing ministry

A saltwater line is creeping upriver towards drinking water intakes

The world's rarest known mineral

DREAM ENGINEERING

Helping the blind do things they thought they'd never do again

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-rarest-mineral-is-so-rare-its-only-ever-been-found-once

https://www.geologyin.com/2023/01/the-rarest-mineral-on-earth.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/27/salt-delaware-river#:~:text=Salty%20ocean%20water%20is%20creeping,un%2Dpotable%20tide%20back%20downstream.

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/11/27/drought-causes-salt-water-to-creep-up-delaware-river-whats-being-done-00191851

https://abc7ny.com/post/2024-northeast-drought-salt-water-creeping-delaware-river-could-impact-drinking-millions-nyc-nj-pa/15594586/

https://www.medicine.net/news/Ophthalmology/Breakthrough-Eye-Implant-Restores-Sight-to-Legally-Blind-Individuals.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/engineering-lucid-dreams-could-improve-sleep-and-defuse-nightmares/

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/having-a-baby-good-luck-if-you-rely

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/health-care-cost-sharing-ministries-maternity-childbirth-rcna170230

https://newrepublic.com/post/180677/louisiana-court-sexual-abuse-victims-catholic-priests

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/louisiana-high-court-priests-have

Political: Trump Lied About Conversation with Mexican President

Economic: Trump's Tariff Plan is an Inflation Plan

Environment: Is Wood a Space Grade Building Material

Interesting: Working Nano Objects to Scale

Positive: Powering E-Bikes With Vapes

References:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89v4w51dzyo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mexico-president-tariffs-border-immigration/

https://www.vox.com/commerce/387800/trump-tariffs-inflation-economy-china-global-trade

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/27/trump-tariffs-policies-prices

https://kansasreflector.com/2024/11/29/donald-trump-promised-to-bring-down-prices-but-experts-say-his-tariff-plans-will-do-the-opposite/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/27/mexico-warns-trump-proposed-tariffs-to-cost-400000-us-jobs

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/worlds-first-wooden-satellite-developed-japan-heads-space-2024-11-05/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3qzd5ql9o

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/27/nano-scale-dinosaur-made-by-australian-researchers-from-dna-building-blockshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/disposable-vapes-from-a-music-festival-can-power-a-beefy-e-bike-20-miles/#:~:text=To%20make%20a%20point%20about,one%20that%20powered%20an%20e%2D

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/old-vapes-batteries-elf-bar-b2561201.html

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-nanostructures-pave-advanced-robotics-mini.html

https://sentientmedia.org/musk-rogan-climate-change-meat/

https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/latest/news/joe-rogan-elon-musk-climate-change/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-valiant-effort-to-restore-the-caribbeans-sea-urchins-180984813/#:~:text=Urchins%20have%20returned%20to%20some,sea%20urchins%20into%20the%20world.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/prickly-babies-a-jamaican-nursery-aims-to-restore-sea-urchins-felled-by-disease/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/opinion/trump-tariffs-deportations.html

https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/0817999620_xi.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism#:~:text=Crony%20capitalism%2C%20sometimes%20also%20called,largesse%2C%20and%2For%20corruption.

https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.edu/dist/9/311/files/2015/02/NepotismComment-IOPPearce.pdf

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crony%20capitalism

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/crony-capitalism

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/27/doctors-hail-first-breakthrough-in-asthma-and-copd-treatment-in-50-years

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/first-new-treatment-asthma-attacks-in-50-years

#science #skepticism #skeptical #skeptic #beskeptical #beskepticaldammit #podcast #logic #reason #health #asthma #copd #treatment #cronyism #musk #rogan #meat #climate #seaurchins

The speaker of the house recently opened congress by telling an outright lie about Thomas Jefferson. The saddest part of that is how many people believe him.

#science #skepticism

Skeptical: The Watchmaker Argument

Skeptical: The Sunk Cost Fallacy

Environment: Mysterious Gooey Blobs on Canada's East Coast

Environment 2: New Hajpshire Distillery Makes Whiskey out of Invasive Crabs

Wildlife: Whale Poop; neon green, red, sparkly

Positive: Creepy Doll Contest

References:

https://www.philosophycubed.com/the-watchmakers-self-defeat/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/god-watchmakers-and-the-short-half-lfe-of-technology-metaphors/385408/

https://www.answers-in-reason.com/religion/atheism/dismantling-the-watchmaker/

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmaker_analogy#:~.text=The%20Watchmaker%20analo

https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/resources/mini-encyclopedia-of-be/sunk-cost-fallacy/

https://hbr.org/2021/07/how-susceptible-are-you-to-the-sunk-cost-fallacy

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-sunk-cost-fallacy-7106851

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost