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If you want to subscribe to the “This Week in Science” podcast, as I do, the link is above. The graphic here is from this week’s show. I remain hopeful that an entry in the near future will read: “Scientists …

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Here we have Bill Gates discussing nuclear power, pointing out that it’s safer than oil, coal, natural gas–and, of course that it’s a requirement if our civilization is to mitigate climate change successfully, insofar as it emits zero carbon. So …

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The meme here made me smile, as it illustrates the challenges we face with predicting the future 50 years hence, while calling to mind scientists’ beliefs as to how climate change is going to affect humankind over that same period …

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