Worth a Look: Anatoly Fomenko on History, Fiction or Science?

Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research …

Stephen E. Arnold: Adam Smith of Wired on It’s Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls

It’s Gonna Get a Lot Easier to Break Science Journal Paywalls EXTRACTS: For example the Chan Zuckerberg Initative, philanthropic arm of the founder of Facebook, is working on something aimed at increasing access. The founders of Mendeley have a new, venture-backed PDF finder called Kopernio. A browser extension called Unpaywall roots around the web for …

Worth a Look: The Truth-Seeker’s Handbook – A Science-Based Guide

Why do so many people prefer comfortable lies over inconvenient truths? After all, holding such false beliefs can cause bad decisions with tragic consequences for one’s personal life, relationships, careers, and our society as a whole. Recent research provides the answer: the human mind make mistakes in predictable and systematic ways. These mental errors – …

Worth a Look I: Going Somewhere – Truth About A Life in Science

Going Somewhere is a dynamic autobiographical narrative about Andrew Marino’s career in science. With a depth and drama that arise from personal involvement, the book explores an exceptionally wide range of science-related matters: the relation between electrical energy and life; the influence of corporate and military power on science; the role of self-interest on the …