A special edition of The American Statistician published on 20 March presents over 40 papers from “forward-looking statisticians” on “Statistical inference in the 21st century: a world beyond P <
Archive for 2019
Astrology and homeopathy have had a public presence for centuries. The majority of the French population believe that the amount of forest is reducing while in fact the land surface
An interesting study published on 18 March in Phytobiomes, a new open-access journal published by APS, provides further evidence of the risks associated with the use of phosphorous fertilisers. According
From the beginning of the industrial revolution to the mid-1990s, the ocean absorbed around one-third of man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, according to a new study published on 15 March
The number of women in science and technology in the EU is growing, but at a very slow pace according to the latest She Figures 2018 report recently released by
In a new commentary published on 13 March in Nature, an international team of scientists calls for a global moratorium on all clinical uses of human germline editing (1). In
Are policy initiatives improving air pollution in Europe’s two megacities? A new study, slated for publication in the June 2019 edition of Environmental Pollution, suggests that while nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
Climate-induced changes in rainfall will affect staple crops even if greenhouse gas emissions are radically reduced to meet targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a new
Last week, saw “SIA 2019” take place in Paris, the codename for the 55th edition of the International Agricultural Show. This event, in addition to being loved and acclaimed by
When it comes to climate, the carbon tax represents a major leverage point. However, the methods used to apply it can make it both the best and the worst of