Will The Turkish Earthquake Unleash Science From The Shackles Of The Statisticians?By Matthew Ehret “Can we forecast earthquakes? No. Neither the United States Geology Survey (USGS) nor any other scientists have ever predicted a major earthquake. We do not know how, and we do not expect to know how any time in the foreseeable future.”
How a Quaker Medical College in Pennsylvania Trained the First Women Doctors in the WorldThough the story is quite remarkable many have never heard of the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania which was built in 1850 and became the first medical school for women in the world that had the authority to award its female students a medical degree.
The ABCs in Energy: Do We Actually Understand How Energy Works?By Cynthia Chung Europeans are presently being told that the energy crisis they are entering, with natural gas prices now four times higher than last year, stems from a longer winter, competition with East Asian countries for gas, and problems on the supply end with delayed…
Politics in China: a Lecture by Prof. Frans VandenboschIgnorance is the root of fear, and fear of China has been raised to a fever pitch in recent years by forces that wish to induce a mis-educated western audience to acquiesce to 1) a new clash of civilizations while 2) shutting the door on what may possibly be the last real…
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