English ethologist Richard Dawkins, famed for his outspoken opinions about religion, is catching backlash on Twitter after saying eugenics would “work for humans."
"It’s one thing to deplore eugenics on ideological, political, moral grounds. It’s quite another to conclude that it wouldn’t work in practice. Of course it would. It works for cows, horses, pigs, dogs & roses. Why on earth wouldn’t it work for humans? Facts ignore ideology," Dawkins wrote.
Eugenics is the practice of selective breeding supported by the Nazis.
Greg Epstein, Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, responded to Dawkins tweeting, "So unacceptable for Richard Dawkins to tweet about eugenics without clearly condemning it. Dawkins is *supposedly* one of our exemplars of humanism & science outreach. Yet today he's given every manner of passive and active bigot an opening to "consider" persecution on steroids."
Charles M. Blow, a columnist for the New York Times also reacted writing, "This eugenics crap is so dangerous. In the US it lead to forced sterilizations of women in the South — sometimes against their wills, often without their knowledge — that became so common that they came to be referred to as “Mississippi appendectomies.”
Dawkins recently appeared on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, which you can watch here.
Antarctica Reaches 65 Degrees, Warmest Temperature Its Ever Seen
It was warmer in Antarctica than it was in New York on Thursday.
Antarctica reached the warmest temperature it's ever recorded, earlier this week, as reported by Complex.
A meteorological agency from Argentina recorded temperature at 18.3°C (65°F) on Thursday. Antarcitica.gov states that average temperature ranges from −10°C on the Antarctic coast to −60°C inland. In the summer, temperatures occasionally rise above 10°C.
Victoria University of Wellington climate scientist Professor James Renwick tells The Guardian that the World Meteorological Organization committee will verify this record: "Of course the record does need to be checked, but pending those checks, it’s a perfectly valid record and that [temperature] station is well maintained," he explained. "The reading is impressive as it’s only five years since the previous record was set and this is almost one degree centigrade higher. It’s a sign of the warming that has been happening there that’s much faster than the global average. To have a new record set that quickly is surprising but who knows how long that will last? Possibly not that long at all."
The previous record was 17.5°C (63.5°F), recorded in 2015.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors climate, reports that 2019 was the second hottest year ever recorded. If warming trends continue, scientists warn that natural disasters will continue to rise.
Robert Pattinson Named "The Most Handsome Man" In The World According To Science
Robert Pattinson’s face symmetry says a lot.
Robert Pattinson has not only secured himself a major role after being named Batman in the upcoming film but the 33-year-old British actor has now been named the most beautiful man in the world, according to science. The Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi uses a mathematical formula based on one’s face structure and facial symmetry that shares results that determine beauty based on an ancient artists’ technique.
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The Twilight actor’s eyes, lips, eyebrows, cheekbones and more have been calculated among different Hollywood actors giving him a 92.15% rating. Following behind him on the attractiveness scale is Henry Cavill who came in at 91.64%, Bradley Cooper with 91.08% and Brad Pitt with 90.51%.
“Robert Pattinson was the clear winner when all elements of the face were measured for physical perfection,” Julian De Silva, who runs the Centre For Advanced Facial Cosmetic And Plastic Surgery in London said. “These brand new computer mapping techniques allow us to solve some of the mysteries of what it is that makes someone physically beautiful and the technology is useful when planning patients’ surgery.”
The Matt Reeves directed Batman hits theatres June 2021. “I’m already remembering what it’s like to talk about a movie where there’s an expectation. Whenever you say anything, people are like, ‘Argh! You idiot!’ Like, dude, I haven’t even started yet! But there is no harsher critic of myself than myself, so I don’t need to worry about anyone else,” Robert said of his role.
Oceans’ Rise In Heat Over Last 25 Years Equals "3.6 Billion Hiroshima Bombs"
A new study shows oceans are continuing to warm at record rates.
In a new study titled "Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019," scientists have determined that the temperature of the ocean's surface to 2,000 meters deep has shown warming of 228,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Joules of heat over the last 25 years, as reported by Complex.
The study's lead author, Lijing Cheng, explained the warming to CNN by making an analogy to the atom-bomb: "The amount of heat we have put in the world's oceans in the past 25 years equals to 3.6 billion Hiroshima atom-bomb explosions. This measured ocean warming is irrefutable and is further proof of global warming. There are no reasonable alternatives aside from the human emissions of heat-trapping gases to explain this heating."
For reference, the Hiroshima atom-bomb was 63,000,000,000,000 Joules.
"The price we pay is the reduction of ocean-dissolved oxygen, the harmed marine lives, strengthening storms and reduced fisheries and ocean-related economies," Cheng explained. "However, the more we reduce greenhouse gasses, the less the ocean will warm."
The study credits this heat increase for the rise in extreme weather conditions: "The increasing heat increases evaporation, and the extra moisture in the warmer atmosphere nourishes heavy rains and promotes flooding leading to a more extreme hydrological cycle and more extreme weather (in particular hurricanes and typhoons). It is one of the key reasons why the Earth has experienced increasing catastrophic fires in the Amazon, California, and Australia in 2019 (extending into 2020 for Australia)."
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