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Martin Rundkvist Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.

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Global Population Speak-Out

Category: Environment

A lot of humanity's main problems could (and will) be solved by shrinking the planet's human population drastically.

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2010 Enlightener & Obscurantist Awards

Category: Skepticism

The Swedish Skeptics' annual awards for 2010 were just announced.

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Dorrik Stow's Vanished Ocean

Category: Biology

I found Vanished Ocean to be a lively, engaging and solidly informative read, which even manages to make deep-ocean sedimentology look pretty exciting.

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The Earth After Us

Category: Environment

To future geology, the heyday of Homo sapiens will just be one of several instantaneous mass extinction events in the planet's history.

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The Value of Biodiversity

Category: Biology

My opinion is that that there is no such thing as abstract good. My reason for thinking we should preserve biodiversity is that it would be dangerous and aesthetically dissatisfying for humans if we lost it.

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Dan Simmons's Scientific Let-Down

Category: Books

Dan Simmons published a wonderful, galaxy-spanning, mind-blowing sf novel in 1989: Hyperion. Then he followed it up with three more novels of which I have read two. They're OK, but not as good as the first book. Science fiction is...

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Unsuccessfully Greening Public Transport

Category: Children

Among the hybrid bus's weaknesses: a 110% fuel consumption compared to a normal diesel engine. Back to the drawing board.

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Swedes Produce Hot Water, Dump It Into Sea

Category: Environment

For historical reasons having nothing to do with engineering or rationality, Swedish nuclear power plants dump a lot of warm cooling water into the sea. In a revealing blog entry, Paddy K offers an estimate of just how much energy...

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Toxic Dump Too Close For Comfort

Category: Environment

This was one of those paper mills that used mercury in a big way.

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Passenger Flight Needs to be Heavily Taxed

Category: Environment

The system is grossly inefficient. A bit of tax pressure would do wonders to tighten it up.

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Nuke Power May Be OK For A While More

Category: Environment

Nuke plants should preferrably be in areas with well-educated and socially privileged inhabitants.

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Never Mind CO2, What About Radioactive Waste?

Category: Environment

The climate issue does not compare to the issue of radioactive waste.

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