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Skeptical Science New Research for Week #52 2024

Open access notables Trends in Oceanic Precipitation Characteristics Inferred From Shipboard Present-Weather Reports, 1950–2019, Tran & Petty, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres: Although ship reports are susceptible to subjective interpretation, t…

2024-12-26 07:32

A Compact Yet Fundamental Survey of the Modern Movement: In Conversation with Kenneth Frampton

If there is one book every architecture student must have on their shelf, it must be an architectural history. There is no more comprehensive yet compact alternative than Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture: A Critical History, originally published in 1980…

2024-12-26 07:30

The Rise of Trump, the Fall of Imperial America

Some 2,000 years ago, an itinerant preacher, Saul of Tarsus, was writing to a wayward congregation in Corinth, Greece. Curiously enough, his words still capture the epochal change that may await us just over history’s horizon. “For now we see in a glass, dark…

2024-12-26 06:57

How George Soros became ‘Enemy Number 1’ for India’s Modi

The BJP has accused the billionaire of funding initiatives critical of Modi, aimed at destabilising India.

2024-12-26 06:31

Central Pacific Financial (NYSE:CPF) and Westbury Bancorp (OTCMKTS:WBBW) Critical Contrast

Central Pacific Financial (NYSE:CPF – Get Free Report) and Westbury Bancorp (OTCMKTS:WBBW – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recomme…

2024-12-26 06:23