#evidence

Science reporter on how evidence based reporting can be a parent's best friend https://www.npr.org/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5900892/science-reporter-on-how-evidence-based-reporting-can-be-a-parents-best-friend #Science #Parenting #Evidence

Suspended RCMP officer William McNutt acquitted of 2 sexual assault charges The provincial court judge said the evidence did not establish "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the complainant didn't consent.

Toronto police to provide update on recent U.S. Consulate shooting Around 4:46 a.m. July 27, an officer stationed near the consulate at 360 University Ave. heard the shot ring out. Evidence of the shooting was located outside the consulate. #Crime #Torontocrime #TorontoPolice #Torontoshooting

Reason #3,429 I'm not popular at parties: I have issues with things like this. Science isn't "real" (The Might Be Giants kinda lost me with that song a decade or two ago). Science is an explanatory framework or a particular kind of investigation process, not the results of those. More importantly (to me), science doesn't actually deal in "reality." It can never establish what's real or not. To be fair, we probably don't have any system of knowledge that can, unless you believe in religious or other mystical systems that are usually defined as being unverifiable by the methods science uses (e.g., public replication on demand, etc.). Science gives potential explanations for phenomena, along with (usually) methods of testing the extent to which those explanations match empirical observations. But reality never appears. Many people (including me, most of the time) believe that there is a "reality" that might potentially be described by scientific theories, hopefully with increasing accuracy, but even that is difficult or impossible to really establish--as far as I know, science can't prove that reality exists or that science is interacting with it if it does. Even empirical observations are mired in the "is there even a reality to describe" problem. The issue gets thorny and very unsatisfying, according to the philosophers I've read (the ones I can understand, but mostly other people summarizing their ideas). #Science isn't "real." It's the explanatory system with the best track record so far of matching predictions to observations, by a long shot. This is a #soapbox I get on from time to time. Honestly, I think the "science is real" messaging is unhelpful. It's magical thinking packaged as rationality. #empiricism #evidence #philosophy #popper #petpeeve #sciencecommunication

The federal #statute underlying the charge makes it a #felony to destroy #evidence or transfer assets to keep the government from seizing them, or to tip someone off about an upcoming search or wiretap. It carries a penalty of up to 5 years in federal prison, a fine, or both. The act applies before, during or after a search. If the target of an investigation knows that a search or seizure is imminent, & that person acts to thwart it, they would fall under the statute, experts said. #law

Earliest #Evidence of #Ivory #Tool Production Uncovered in #Ukrainian Site : Medium #Neutrino’s #Nursery found: the ‘#Shadow #Blaster’ : Nature #Bacteria share #Proteins to survive #Antibiotics : Science Latest #KnowledgeLinks

The #Trump admin has yet to directly accept the blame or formally release findings of a #Pentagon investigation into the bombing, even though the #military possessed #evidence almost immediately that the site of the #school had been struck, a #US official with knowledge of the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss an ongoing investigation, told AP. #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics

#evidence that a poor health insurance comes at the cost human life. #healthcare #HealthInsurance

#Evidence that healthcare-associated infections were reduced in neonatal intensive care units by the protection measures during the #COVID19 #pandemic. Another confirmation of the efficacy of the measures and a call to learn our lessons.