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Are environmentalists doing themselves -- or the environment -- any favor by denying states the right to decide whether there should be oil drilling off their shores?
Would you like to buy some real estate on Mars or the Moon? No, this would not be the equivalent of buying the Brooklyn Bridge, at least according to a review of legal precedents and treaties published in the Journal of Air Law and Commerce (.pdf).
Should the British Museum return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt? Should the export of a nation's "cultural property" be banned? Should there be laws giving national governments ownership of any antiquity unearthed today within their borders?
In a last desperate cry, a technician on an Antarctic expedition yelled out a temperature measurement he made as he fell into a crevasse. The number he shouted out was clearly heard, but not the units. It turned out not to make a difference. What was...
Does the picture above look natural to you? If you were standing in a lodge at Glacier National Park, is this how a jigsaw puzzle and the scenery would appear to your eye?
Tierney does not understand science or statistics.
He has zero credibility with working scientists.
He frequently bases his pieces on news releases and doesn't look at the actual research.
His own statement says it all:
“John Tierney always wanted to be a scientist but went into journalism because its peer-review process was a great deal easier to sneak through.â€
