Graph That Says it All
Published in the New York Times
What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer
Wind turbine studies: how to sort the good, the bad, and the ugly
Article demonstrating the biased reporting of the Australian newspaper, from The Conversation By Jacqui Hoepner , Australian National University and Will J Grant , Australian National University Blowhards? The debate over wind turbines is heated, so it’s best to rely on solid science. Fir0002/Flagstaffotos/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-N Yesterday, The Australian ran a front-page article about what it called a “groundbreaking” new study on wind turbines and their associated health impacts. The study supposedly found a trend between participants’ perceived “sensations” and “offending sound pressure”. The Australian’s environment editor Graham Lloyd claimed the (non-peer-reviewed) study shows that “people living near wind farms face a greater risk of suffering health complaints caused by the low-frequency noise generated by turbines”, adding that it may help to “resolve the contentious debate about the health impact of wind farms”. Carried out by Steven Cooper of The Acousti
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