By Jim Steele First understand Southern California is naturally dry. Its Mediterranean climate means it rarely rains in the summer and has a limited winter rainy season. Three deserts in the region attest to its dry climate. As a result, the vegetation around Los Angeles primarily consists of one-hour fuels that can dry in as… Continue Reading
By Rupert Darwall “Science,” wrote the philosopher Karl Popper, “is one of the very few human activities – perhaps the only one – in which errors are systematically criticised and fairly often, in time, corrected.” The sub-title of Popper’s 1963 book Conjectures and Refutations, in which he argued that science progresses through inspired conjectures checked by… Continue Reading
Mouse Squeaks at Lion Kip Hansen – 10 December 2021 Some people just seem to have a distorted view of their proper place in the Universe. In what should have been seen as a joke has been taken seriously by David Vetter a “Senior Contributor” at FORBES. Note that the magazine gives a disclaimer that… Continue Reading