https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2024/02/01/crowdsourced-geospatial-data-will-mean-seismic-shift-151462 <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:10:51 +0000 sb admin 151462 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/02/10/first-artificial-enzyme-two-non-biological-groups-created-151440 <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:34:27 +0000 sb admin 151440 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/01/29/ai-will-revolutionize-dna-evidence-once-we-can-trust-results-151428 <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:23:20 +0000 sb admin 151428 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/18/the-hubble-space-telescope-is-falling-synopsis <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:09:00 +0000 esiegel 37136 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/13/5-nasa-photos-that-changed-the-world-synopsis <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 13 Oct 2017 05:00:50 +0000 esiegel 37130 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/10/01/double-comments-of-the-week-178-from-point-particles-to-the-very-first-galaxies-of-all <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Sun, 01 Oct 2017 05:48:31 +0000 esiegel 37117 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2017/09/30/ask-ethan-why-dont-we-build-a-telescope-without-mirrors-or-lenses-synopsis <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Sat, 30 Sep 2017 05:06:44 +0000 esiegel 37116 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/digitalbio/2017/09/29/what-is-biotech <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:51:40 +0000 finchtalk 69987 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2017/09/26/future-farms-will-be-run-by-robots <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:45:51 +0000 gregladen 34534 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/esiegel/2017/09/20/how-much-fuel-does-it-take-power-world-37105 <span>Freeing Institutions from the Kochtopus</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the wake of the Willie Soon scandal, scientists are taking a hard look at the Smithsonian and other institutions at the forefront of research and public outreach. <a title="Should the Smithsonian and Other Museums Blow Off Big Fossil?" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/27/should-the-smithsonian-and-other-museums-blow-off-big-fossil/">Should these organizations really be supported by industrialists</a> who deny that&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions continue to warm the planet, disrupt the climate, amplify extreme weather, and threaten to swallow us in a deluge of melted ice and presumably locusts? For that matter, should exhibits on evolution be subject to the whims of donors who insist the Earth is only six thousand years old? If not, where will less ideologically tainted money come from? Greg Laden explores the thorny issue, and also <a title="Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!" href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2015/03/24/science-museums-cut-ties-to-big-carbon-kick-out-the-kochs/">shares a letter signed by 67 top scientists</a> and a petition that you can add your name to as well.</p> <p>For more on the 'Kochtopus'&nbsp;<a title="The Kochtopus" href="http://kochcash.org/the-kochtopus/">click here</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/milhayser" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>milhayser</a></span> <span><time datetime="2015-04-20T11:20:59-04:00" title="Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:20">Mon, 04/20/2015 - 11:20</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/misc" hreflang="en">Misc</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/funding-0" hreflang="en">Funding</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/koch-industries" hreflang="en">Koch Industries</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kochtopus" hreflang="en">Kochtopus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/research-institutions" hreflang="en">Research Institutions</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/smithsonian" hreflang="en">Smithsonian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/willie-soon" hreflang="en">Willie Soon</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:01:15 +0000 esiegel 37105 at https://scienceblogs.com