March 28, 2009, Evolution

Reporters + scientists = time wasted


ARTICLE: New Scientist, March 23 — “Space storm alert: 90 seconds to catastrophe”

SUBJECT: “An extraordinary report funded by NASA and issued by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in January [says] plasma balls spewed from the surface of the sun could wipe out our power grids, with catastrophic consequences.”

QUOTE: “We’re moving closer and closer to the edge of a possible disaster,” says Daniel Baker, a space weather expert based at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and chair of the NAS committee responsible for the report.

ANALYSIS: “Moving … closer … closer … edge … possible”

OTHER HEADLINES ON SAME PAGE: “Zooming in on Mars in glorious 3D”, “Speculation mounts over North Korean missiles”, “Meteorite hunters ’strike gold’ in Sudan”

CONCLUSION: Nothing to see here, folks. Go back home.

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