Friends of Science, an anti-global warming advocacy group with controversial ties to the University of Calgary, is back in the news. A new audit by the University (pdf) accuses both Friends of Science (FoS) and folksy, CanWestGlobal (National Post, Calgary Herald) columnist Barry Cooper of potentially criminal wrongdoing and fraud.
DeSmogBlog writes:
A University of Calgary [...]
The disgusting and criminally irresponsible liars at the Heartland Institute are finding their sinewy nest of lies collapsing beneath them.
A notorious list published by the institute listing 500 scientists with doubts about global warming turns out to be fake. After DeSmogBlog — a blog focused on exposing dishonest corporate-political PR on global warming — [...]
Felix Salmon highlights the declining price of knowledge:
Cost of sequencing Craig Venter’s genome: $3 billion, over 10 years
Cost of sequencing James Watson’s genome: $1 million, over 2 months
Cost of sequencing an anonymous African’s genome: $100,000, over 1 month