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Information Loss - From Tornadoes to Black Holes at Perimeter Institute's Public Lecture on Wednesday, April 12009-03-24
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
If information is â#olostâ## in a black hole, is the information gone forever? There is a good chance that not only does it come back, it comes back in the blink of an eye.
New Canadian Festival in Waterloo, and Made Viewable Online to the World2009-06-05
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Perimeter Institute, and John Matlock, Director of External Relations and Outreach, will announce details on June 12th, 2009, of an innovative, public science festival comi...
An Open Letter To Congress From US Scientists On Climate Change And Recently Stolen Emails2009-12-06
As U.S. scientists with substantial expertise on climate change and its impacts on natural ecosystems, our built environment and human well-being, we want to assure policy makers and the public of the...
Sources welcomes Science for Peace2010-03-29
Science for Peace
Sources welcomes a new member: Science for Peace. Science for Peace is a Canadian organization which brings together those interested in the natural and social sciences in order to address the global ...
State-of-the-Art Science & Environment College Takes Root2008-11-13
University of Winnipeg
The University of Winnipeg's new state-of-the-art college for the environment and science will bring together researchers, faculty and students to work towards effective global stewardship. Construct...
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America's Capitalist Religion has Little Room for ScienceBalkwill, Jack
Article
2015
Dissident Voice
The US mainstream press accuse the Pope of being leftist. Evidence? Well, they make the claim that he is leftist because he supports the theory of global warming. My guess is that the Pope also suppo...
An Annotated Bibliography of NonsenseMalik, Kenan
Article
1998
Academic critics today not only question the impact of science upon society, but they also question the very idea of scientific rationality.
Anti-Science: Left and Right Together?A Systematic Attack on Rationality
Pulaski, Stosh
Article
2012
CounterPunch
The suggestion that left and right thinking may be converging on matters scientific will, no doubt, be offensive to some on the left. After all, the right chooses myth over evolution, and oil profits ...
AstronomySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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BiologySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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A natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.
Bouncing Back Against the Corruption of Science in Capitalist SocietyPart 2 of a 2-part series: The Role of Science in Capitalist Society and Social Change
Article
2017
Dissident Voice
Part two in a look at capitalism and the role of science, and the strong evidence that science can be on the side of social justice and social change.
Can the Sciences Help Us to Make Wise Ethical Judgments?Kurtz, Paul
Article
2004
Skeptical Inquirer
Scientific knowledge has a vital, if limited, role to play in shaping our moral values and helping us to frame wiser judgments. Ethical values are natural and open to examination in the light of evide...
Canada's Science Library Closures Mirror Bush's PlaybookSimilar moves by US Republican president met sharp backlash from 10,000 scientists.
Nikiforuk, Andrew
Article
2014
The Tyee
The Harper government is now eliminating seven Department of Fishery libraries containing one of the world's most comprehensive collections of information on fisheries, aquatic sciences and nautical s...
ChemistrySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Connexions Library: Science FocusWebsite
2009
Connexions Information Sharing Services
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on science.
Dear "Skeptics," Bash Homeopathy and Bigfoot Less, Mammograms and War MoreA science journalist takes a skeptical look at capital-S Skepticism
Horgan, John
Article
2016
Scientific American
So I'm a skeptic, but with a small S, not capital S. I don’t belong to skeptical societies. I don’t hang out with people who self-identify as capital-S Skeptics. Or Atheists. Or Rationalists. When peo...
'The Death of Evidence' in Canada: Scientists' Own WordsData distorted for 'propaganda' and other complaints against the Harper government made at last week's Ottawa rally
Gibbs, Katie; Houben, Adam; Hutchings, Jeff, Mooers, Arne, Trudeau, Vance L., Orihel, Diane
Article
2012
The Tyee
Discovery (Observation)Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Dismantling of Fishery Library 'Like a Book Burning,' Say ScientistsHarper government shuts down 'world class' collection on freshwater science and protection
Nikiforuk, Andrew
Article
2013
The Tyee
The Harper government has dismantled one of the world's top aquatic and fishery libraries as part of its agenda to reduce government as well as limit the role of environmental science in policy decisi...
Earth ScienceSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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The sciences related to the planet Earth.
Eric Marshall laments closure of namesake Fisheries libraryRusland, Peter
Article
2014
Cowichan News Leader
The government seems to be saying 'We want to exploit our natural resources, whether it's natural gas or oil sands, and basically to heck with environmental impacts.'
Fakethrough! GMOs and the Capitulation of Science JournalismTotal Information Control
Latham, Jonathan
Article
2014
CounterPunch
Good journalism examines its sources critically, it takes nothing at face value, places its topics in a historical context, and it values above all the public interest. Such journalism is, most people...
False positives: fraud and misconduct are threatening scientific researchHigh-profile cases and modern technology are putting scientific deceit under the microscope
Jha, Alok
Article
2012
The Guardian
Better detection tools and a rising retraction rate suggest scientific fraud may be widespread.
Gates of Delusion: Media Distortions and REAL Climate ScandalsArticle
2010
Medialens
Climate-related storms in a teacup have been appearing in the corporate media almost on a daily basis. This nonsense is distracting attention from a mountain of evidence that human-induced climate cha...
GMO Propaganda and the Sociology of ScienceMattis, Kristine
Article
2015
CounterPunch
In August of 2014, the website Gawker revealed documents that demonstrated the lengths to which the global chemical giant Monsanto would go in order to control the narrative about their products – in ...
God's Red Pencil? CRISPR and The Three Myths of Precise Genome EditingLatham, Jonathan
Article
2016
Counterpunch
For the last seventy years all chemical and biological technologies, from genetic engineering to pesticides, have been built on a myth of precision and specificity. They have all been adopted under th...
Harper's Seven-Year War on ScienceChris Turner's treatise on Tory anti-empiricism should spark outrage. But those in power won't see it.
Kilian, Crawford
Article
2013
The Tyee
In search of the unseen: an investigation into plastics in our oceansStanic, Ana
Article
2016
The Ecologist
One of the biggest threats facing marine life is the 'microplastic' particles found in ocean ecosystems from bottom to top of food chains. Just back from a voyage of environmental exploration in the t...
In the footsteps of Gandhi: an interview with Vandana ShivaLondon, Scott
Article
2016
The Ecologist
Vandana Shiva is more than just a leading scientist, author and campaigner on green issues and anti-globalisation. She is also among the most prominent of Mahatma Ghandi's intellectual heirs. In this ...
The Invention of Nature: adventures of Alexander Humboldt, lost hero of scienceMellen, Matt
Article
2016
The Ecologist
Andrea Wulf's book about the remarkable 19th century explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt is welcome, opportune and a pleasure to read, packed as it is with high adventure and amazing discov...
The Laws of NatureA Skeptics Guide
Pazameta, Zoran
Article
2000
Skeptical Inquirer
Medicine Wars Will Alternative and Mainstream Medicine Ever Be FriendsSeidman, Barry F.
Article
2001
Skeptical Inquirer
In the wake of dozens of new and complementary medicines flooding both the marketplace and some hospitals, which path will medicine take?
Natural ScienceSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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An Open Letter To Congress From US Scientists On Climate Change And Recently Stolen EmailsSources News Release
Article
2009
As U.S. scientists with substantial expertise on climate change and its impacts on natural ecosystems, our built environment and human well-being, we want to assure policy makers and the public of the...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 4, 2014Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production)
Article
2014
Connexions
Information about the Connexions Alternative Media List and the Labor Film Archive. Articles on corporations spying on non-profits, workplace deaths, Monsanto and Ukraine, and liberal environmentalism...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2015Sustainability, ecology, and agriculture
Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2015
Connexions
This issue features a number of items related to sustainability, ecology, and agriculture, including Vandana Shiva's article "Small is the New Big," the Council of Canadians' new report on water issue...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 9, 2016Corporate Crime
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2016
Connexions
Corporations have increasingly become legally unaccountable for their behaviour. Yet all too often corporations break the law and engage in criminals acts which would be severely punished if they were...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 23, 2016Science and its enemies
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2016
Connexions
Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 1, 2017April 1 issue
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2017
Connexions
Other Voices always strives to present you with alternative views on important topics. This issue offers some really alternative perspectives and even some "alternative facts." As always, read critica...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 30, 2017Affirming life, resisting war, reporting UFOs
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2017
Connexions
What do we do when those in power recklessly put the future of the entire planet at risk with their acts of aggression and military provocations, while they ignore the growing disaster of climate chan...
PhysicsSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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A natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space-time, as well as all applicable concepts, including energy and force.
Public Library of Science (PLOS)Website
The PLOS mission is to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Everything that we publish is open-access – freely available online for anyone...
Rationality/ScienceChomsky, Noam
Article
1995
Chomsky writes: "It strikes me as remarkable that the left today should seek to deprive oppressed people not only of the joys of understanding and insight, but also of tools of emancipation, informing...
ScienceSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Science DailyWebsite
Your source for the latest research news.
Science and its enemiesIntroduction to the April 23, 2016 issue of Other Voices
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2016
Connexions
Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t...
Science and liberationScience as human curiosity, as authority, and as business
Podur, Justin
Article
2014
Briarpatch
The conservative movement’s attack on science has several prongs. Where they can attain government office, as in Canada, they use the highly effective tools of funding and de-funding, and regulation a...
Science, Myth, and History Malik, Kenan
Article
2012
The story of ‘Kennewick Man’ - the debate around a 9000-year old skeleton and what it reveals about current ideas of culture, race and science.
Science & Technology Topic Index in Sources Directory of ExpertsSpokespersons, Experts, and Resources
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A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to science and technology in the Sources directory for the media.
Scientific skepticismConnexipedia Article
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A practical, epistemological position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence.
ScientistSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
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Secret Memo Casts Doubt on Feds' Claims for Science Library ClosuresGoal stated is 'culling' research, not preserving and sharing through digitization
Nikiforuk, Andrew
Article
2013
The Tyee
A federal document marked "secret" obtained by Postmedia News indicates the closure or destruction of more than half a dozen world famous science libraries has little if anything to do with digitizing...
What's Driving Chaotic Dismantling of Canada's Science Libraries?Scientists reject Harper government claims vital material is being saved digitally
Nikiforuk, Andrew
Article
2013
The Tyee
Scientists say the closure of some of the world's finest fishery, ocean and environmental libraries by the Harper government has been so chaotic that irreplaceable collections of intellectual capital ...
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Altered Genes, Twisted TruthHow the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public
Drucker, Steven M.
Book
2015
Drucker elucidates the scientific facts about genetically engineered foods that the PR myths have been obscuring.
Bad ScienceGoldacre, Ben
Book
2008
Goldacre notes the flaws in research practices and marketing practices leading to human gullibility. He aims to promote public understanding of science so that readers can discern the logic and eviden...
Bold ScientistsDispatches from the Battle for Honest Science
Riordon, Michael
Book
2014
Accounts of scientists working in the public interest despite powerful opposition.
Doubt is their ProductHow Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health
Michaels, David (ed.)
Book
2008
Reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitious tactics spawned a multimillion-dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards. Offers concrete, workable suggestions for how it can be res...
Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science Al-Khalili, Jim
Book
2012
A history of the role of the empire of Islam in the cultivation of knowledge, specifically the Arabic contributions to science.
A Short Course in Intellectual Self-DefenseFind Your Inner Chomsky
Baillargeon, Normand
Book
2005
What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through everyday spin and jargon -- from politics to advertising, from...
The War on ScienceMuzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada
Turner, Chris
Book
2013
Do No Science, Hear No Science, Speak No Science -- that is the Harper agenda. And if this agenda is most evident and most pronounced in environmental science, that's simply because it is the field mo...
American ChemistryMandate is to make everyone aware how important chemistry is to everyday life.
Canadian Journal of ChemistryNRC Research Press is the foremost scientific publisher in Canada and one of the most advanced electronic publishing services in the world. Since 1929 NRC has been publishing peer-reviewed internation...
Canadian Journal of Civil EngineeringContains articles on environmental engineering, hydrotechnical engineering, structure engineering, construction engineering, engineering mechanics, and engineering materials, and a history of civil en...
Discovery ChannelThe world is just awesome! With compelling real-life programming that inspires and entertains, Discovery Channel reveals the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. Discovery Channel offers ...
Environmental Science and EngineeringFor those responsible for the design, construction and operation of water treatment and sewage systems, as well as industrial and hazardous waste management systems.
Geotechnical NewsGeotechnical activities in Canada and the US. Regular features covering instrumentation, environmental geotechnics and geosynthetics. For practicing geotechnical engineers, civil and consulting engine...
Quebec ScienceDeals with the evolution of all the sciences and their impact on current affairs. Offers complete coverage of the most recent events in public health, ecology, the environment, technologies, astronomy...
Government Ministries & Agencies
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaThe Department is responsible for federal policies, programs and regulations related to agriculture and food. Its mandate is to promote the growth and profitability of the agriculture and food sector ...
Statistics CanadaCanada's central statistical agency.
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