You may have seen a horrifying headline recently: “Scots team’s research finds Atlantic plankton all but wiped out in catastrophic loss of life.” Marine ecosystem collapse seems a horrifying reality…except the study the article is based on hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet. Experts from the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey think it’s a bold claim, especially from someone relatively unknown. Their distrust in the study is also fuelled by the vagueness of its parameters, like the strength of the microscope used, which is quite important when observing microscopic organisms. Read full article here
History
The Women Who Built Grunge
Despite being acknowledged as the “Godmother of Grunge”, Tina Bell is rarely included in the history of grunge music. Women in general are hardly ever mentioned in music history unless they’re close to famous male musicians. Looking back at Tina Bell, music journalists often leave her out of Bam Bam, the band that she fronted, wrote music for, and co-founded with her husband. When she is mentioned, it’s in relation to Kurt Cobain, who was said to have been a fan of Bell and her band before founding Nirvana. Read full article here
Merv
October 2, 2022
