Most of the blame for SpaceX's dominance can be laid at the feet of Boeing.
Credit where credit is due, that device was sublime in it's ingenuity. It took the CIA almost 20 years to build their own!
I'm not sure it's a law per se but more guidance that schools should endeavour to serve children a balanced diet which will include portions of meat/fish/poultry/dairy.
Says party donor who happens to own vegan catering business that supplies schools.
The civil servant’s advice was made public as Wallace was giving evidence to the inquiry that he did ultimately commission in response to allegations that up to 80 Afghan civilians had been summarily killed by members of the elite force.
Tory MP ultimately did the right thing? Am I reading that right?
This article doesn't explain exactly why the statistical anomaly should be inadmissable in court.
Were they asking for it to be inadmissible? My take was the RSS are implying the court allowed the jury to be misled as to its significance by not having a statistician on hand to explain it. It's almost an exact replay of what happened in the Lucia De Berk case, later overturned and since described as "the greatest miscarriage of justice" in the Netherlands. Worth a read if you're interested.
I thought these PFI things were generally considered a bad idea?
It's uncanny how much of it exactly mirrors what happened to Lucia De Berk.
Meeting of experts hears rota pattern used to convict nurse was a ‘scientific fake’ and other factors could explain deaths
Archive link here: https://archive.ph/mwFp9
Is the Royal Statistical Society debasing itself by pouring doubt on our judicial system, or is there something to it?
Netflix has confirmed a second season of ITN Production's Ancient Apocalypse with Keanu Reeves to guest star.
Get ready for another 8 hours of speculative bullshit. This time with Keanu Reeves for some reason.
Depending on how much explosives went up, it could be in the running for one of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions.
Yes, thank you for the polite discourse.
That's true I suppose. His motivation does not appear to be altruistic but if it was a case of diverting limited funds, I can see his excuse not to fund this being reasonable.
I mean I'm not doubting the minister is a bit of a homophobe but I don't think it's wrong to focus aid on the disabled.
"As far as Ukraine is concerned, the humanitarian aid side has focused more on the disabled, the elderly and so on. It's a question of focus," the minister said.
That sounds...reasonable?
It's a bit mad that we aren't allowed to know who owns it.
Lawmakers cite new scientific evidence that they say proves Robert Roberson, who is set for execution on Oct. 17, did not kill his daughter.
"Shaken baby syndrome" was a fad medical diagnosis in the 80's and 90's that has led to many miscarriages of justice (e.g. Sally Clark). It has subsequently been widely discredited by most of the Medical community, but that won't stop some prosecuters...
They did it again! https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hezbollah-official-walkie-talkies-group-exploded-part-blasts-113808691
Steven Pinker explains the cognitive biases we all suffer from and how they can short-circuit rational thinking and lead us into believing stupid things. Skip to 12:15 to bypass the preamble.
Tl;dr an undergraduate paper last year claiming females hunt just as often as males got picked up by the media and amplified before it was discovered their analysis was deeply flawed and unreliable. Here several anthropologists present a very gracious rebuttal.
There was no group difference in reaction times and accuracy between males and females (using contraception and not). However, within subject analyses revealed that regularly menstruating females performed better during menstruation compared to being in any other phase, with faster reaction times (10ms c.ca, p < .01), fewer errors (p < .05) and lower dispersion intra-individual variability (p < .05). In contrast they exhibited slower reaction times (10ms c.ca, p < .01) and poorer timing anticipation (p < .01) in the luteal phase, and more errors in the predicted ovulatory phase (p < .01). Self-reported mood, cognitive and physical symptoms were all worst during menstruation (p < .01), and a significant proportion of females felt that their symptoms were negatively affecting their cognitive performance during menstruation on testing day, which was incongruent with their actual performance.
New paper casts doubt on the often reported huge rise in maternal deaths in the United States over the past 20 years. They put the blame firmly on a change in the reporting method.
The UK government has introduced regulations to halt new private prescriptions of puberty blockers for under 18s.
Rushed through last minute before parliament is dissolved using emergency powers.
Should've been debated in the commons at least.
Was Roger Penrose not completely insane when he proposed his Orch OR theory of the mind? Still doesn't explain the hard problem of consciousness, but a step closer?
SUMMARY: Biology faces a grave threat from “progressive” politics that are changing the way our work is done, delimiting areas of biology that are taboo and ...
Excellent essay from Coyne and Maroja that picks apart six widespread examples of biology being corrupted by (often well-intentioned) ideology.
First minister reportedly plans to run minority administration amid dispute over decision to ditch climate change target
Were the Greens booted out before they could quit? Lorna's properly fuming calling it "an act of political cowardice".
If the opposition put forward a VONC on Humza right now, I'm not sure he'd survive it.
Well, this is unexpected, and details will be forthcoming. He was 82. I have lots of stories about Dan, and found him amiable and charitable, though sometimes he could be domineering, especially wh…
Brilliant mind. I was lucky enough to meet him at an invited lecture once and he was nice enough to sign Freedom Evolves for me.
Another horseman falls.
There is a lot of disinformation flying around about this. The original myth about Cass "dismissing 98% of all data" started because an activist on twitter read the wrong paper.
Question everything, especially if it agrees with you.
Seen the "98% of studies were ignored!" one doing the rounds on social media. The editorial in the BMJ put it in much better terms:
"One emerging criticism of the Cass review is that it set the methodological bar too high for research to be included in its analysis and discarded too many studies on the basis of quality. In fact, the reality is different: studies in gender medicine fall woefully short in terms of methodological rigour; the methodological bar for gender medicine studies was set too low, generating research findings that are therefore hard to interpret."
NHS England to review seven specialist services after staff share misgivings privately
Appendix 4 in the Cass Review revealed that 6 out of the 7 adult GDC clinics currently operating in the UK refused to collect or share their patient followup data. If you want better care for struggling LGBT kids, you need the data.
The mighty Hitch and one of his great orations. I often wonder what would he think of the world, such as it is, in 2024.