An economic opportunity for Alaska If Americans fearful of climate change are now truly fleeing the warm states for places like Duluth, Minn., as national and international media are reporting, Anchorage […]
Safe space
Clickbait
It’s not just for journalists anymore Researchers examining the thousands of pandemic studies of SARS-CoV-2, Covid-19 and related fallout have concluded some scientists might have become as fixated as journalists on attracting […]
Fact vs belief
The worship at the church of the mask Another in-depth analysis of masks as a defense against Covid-19 is out, and it comes with conclusions much the same as those in the […]
Questionable priorities
The costs of machines dictating policy Alaska State Troopers are yet again trumpeting their desire to make everyone safe by taking extra efforts to enforce the nation’s mandatory seatbelt law. “…Troopers […]
Dangerous compensation
Possibility safety gear might up danger Thirty-two-year-old Eric Walter was wearing an avalanche airbag when he triggered a snowslide in Denali National Park early this month, National Park Service officials have […]
Ecosystem management
Are disappearing Yukon River king salmon collateral damage? Conservation biologists have been talking for decades now about something called “ecosystem management,” but it is hardly ever practiced. Politics fueled by money, good […]
More fair!
Gender only complicates fairness in sport With most Americans – except for some “men, heterosexuals, older generations, those without a college education, Republicans, Christians, and rural residents” – now supporting the idea […]
Post-truth journalism
Feelings, nothing but feelings… In commenting on the dying credibility of the American mainstream media last week, Matt Taibbi, a one-time reporter for a variety of left-leaning publications and an award-winning […]
Overlooked killers
How the machines took control In science fiction stories – be they told in books, movies, or digitally – the machines are required to develop intelligence before they try to take […]
Lifting the curtain
Window opens for possible “Fish War’ game changer Amidst chaos comes the change if not the need to think outside the box, and thus Alaska fishery biologists today find themselves staring […]
