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ScienceBits
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ScienceBits is a personal blog at sciencebits.com about science. Since 2009, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link ScienceBits pages on climate science and Earth's magnetic field, such as a page arguing the magnetic field is not really protection from radiation. Comments cite these pages as sources without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A random and subjective walk through physics, astrophysics, climate, and scientific computation.
What Hacker News says?
And a layperson reading the WSJ hears the exact opposite. That's politics & demagogues, not climate scientists (in either case). That is true. I personally rarely read the WSJ or NYTimes because I don't find either effective sources of truth. But the links I sent you come from much better sources, in my opinion, than either the WSJ or NYTimes. Did you read any of the links? I mean, you seemed to agree before when I…
Comment linking /FittingElephants
on “Ask HN: Start formal group to peer review climate code?”Submitted The link between exploding stars, clouds and climate on Earth as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis is often asserted, but is it true? Most alarmism that I have seen is coming from the media or activist organizations; the few times I've seen scientist alarm has been when recent measurements have been worse in some way than their models predict. On the broad level of course its true. The rise of global warming alarmism over the past three decades has enormously increased the level of funding for research, and…
Comment linking /FittingElephants
on “Ask HN: Start formal group to peer review climate code?”The standard answer is that the magnetic field protects us from part of the radiation that comes from the space. I tried to find a good source with more information. I'm still not sure, perhaps it's only a myth. This page says that if there were no magnetic field, the atmosphere would absorb the radiation anyway. (I vote for this, but I'd like to see more info.) http://www.sciencebits.com/NotReallyAProtection These…
Comment linking /NotReallyAProtection
on “Pole reversal estimate, less than 100 years”