One of my own latest online obsessions is to create Google Alerts about almost every topic I can think of. When you set up a Google Alert (Or Yahoo Alert, CNN Alert, depending on your favorite service) Google polls the internet for the term you enter and returns the latest and most relevant news articles. Sometimes you will receive the same article more than once, just with a different title. This can be a pain especially if the news story becomes top news. Other times you will find an article that has some outlandish theory and then a few minutes later another article will post with it’s own theory on the same topic that is COMPLETELY different from the first. Which brings me to my semi-rant.

Sometimes I wish the scientific community would create their own version of Homeland Security. They could call it, “Geekland Security” or outright steal the name Central Intelligence Agency. Every time another scientist makes a discovery or has a new revelation they would have to share the information with Geekland Security, and in turn, the rest of the scientific community. This way there would be no possible way conflicting reports get out and they can better share the information.

Lately, there’s been a battle defining what Global Climate change is, what causes it, how long it’s going to last, and what to call it. Today alone Google Alerts sent me an article discussing that Global Warming will come by 2050 because of the ‘compost effect.” Another article claims that we won’t have full force Global Warming until 2100 if we keep “greenhouse gas emissions [...] at current levels“

Make up your minds!