The Rationalist Manifesto » Science http://www.rationalistic.com Memes and other creatures Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Maybe this is politically incorrect, but… http://www.rationalistic.com/2007/02/12/science/maybe-this-is-politically-incorrect-but/ http://www.rationalistic.com/2007/02/12/science/maybe-this-is-politically-incorrect-but/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:16:39 +0000 Tal Rotbart http://www.rationalistic.com/2007/02/12/uncategorized/maybe-this-is-politically-incorrect-but/ An interesting article regarding a book that covers an alternative theory for global warming. I first heard about this theory by Henrik Svensmark in a lecture delivered last year by associated professor Nir J. Shaviv at the Hebrew University, you can read a very accessible article about it here.

]]> http://www.rationalistic.com/2007/02/12/science/maybe-this-is-politically-incorrect-but/feed/ 0 Unique closed ecosystem found in cave in Israel http://www.rationalistic.com/2006/06/01/science/unique-closed-ecosystem-found-in-cave-in-israel/ http://www.rationalistic.com/2006/06/01/science/unique-closed-ecosystem-found-in-cave-in-israel/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:30:00 +0000 Tal Rotbart http://www.rationalistic.com/?p=15 An undisturbed closed ecosystem which diverged from the external environment about five million years ago has been found in a cave a hundred meters below the ground near Ramle, Israel. Eight new unknown-to-science species have already been discovered living there. The Haaretz coverage is here.

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