When bad science happens…
…bad consequences follow. Forbes traces the problems with the most authoritative “we can cure the gay out of you” study:
… Read the rest “When bad science happens…”[Dr. Robert L.] Spitzer now looks back with
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Science Art: Paillettes de glace eclairées par les rayons du soleil observées en ballon, by M. Albert Tissandier
When you’re a pioneering aviator, it pays to have a brother who’s an illustrator.
From the Tissandier collection in the Library of Congress, a dream of the… Read the rest “Science Art: Paillettes de glace eclairées par les rayons du soleil observées en ballon, by M. Albert Tissandier”
Doctor, make me forever young.
Science Daily reaches out its withered hands to hold up the promise of a viral cure for aging:
… Read the rest “Doctor, make me forever young.”Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by its director María
I can honestly conceive of nothing less pleasant than this.
Discover launches a thousand new phobia cases with their expose (and I cannot do better than their headline here) Hidden Epidemic: Tapeworms in the Brain:
… Read the rest “I can honestly conceive of nothing less pleasant than this.”A blob in the brain is not the image
According to Public Enemy, I should now be very afraid…
National Geographic unveils Kepler’s latest discovery – a really black planet:
… Read the rest “According to Public Enemy, I should now be very afraid…”Orbiting only about three million miles out from its star, the Jupiter-size gas giant planet,
We only ever glimpse things in flashes….
Medical Xpress takes a closer look at the hazy, flickering way we really perceive the world:
… Read the rest “We only ever glimpse things in flashes….”The [University of Glasgow] researchers studied a prominent brain rhythm associated with visual
Science Art: Fig. 9, (electrolysis of water) from Chemistry, 1876.
This is how to get hydrogen and oxygen from water – acidulated water – by using a Grove’s battery and two platinum wires. And “decomposing” the water. Try… Read the rest “Science Art: Fig. 9, (electrolysis of water) from Chemistry, 1876.”
Silly putty pothole repair
Science magazine shores up our infrastructure with a report on how a kid’s toy can save our streets:
… Read the rest “Silly putty pothole repair”…[U]ndergraduates at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland…
Magnetic bacteria make lively hard drives.
New Scientist has a knack for bringing weird science to life. In this case, electronic germ-based computers:
… Read the rest “Magnetic bacteria make lively hard drives.”Hard drives are usually made by “sputtering”, in which clouds
Blood test for breast cancer.
The Telegraph (yes, I know, but…) gives hope to the potentially millions of women fed up with the regular ritual of mammograms with news that a new blood test can detect cancer risk … Read the rest “Blood test for breast cancer.”
Squid muscle is the new black (and red and green and blue….)
Wired takes a leap into the cephashionable world of cephalopod textiles to give a sneak peak at next season’s color-changing squid-muscle shirts:
… Read the rest “Squid muscle is the new black (and red and green and blue….)”“We have taken inspiration
A zeppelin for hunting space rocks.
No, McClatchy ain’t making this up. Members of SETI and NASA are using an airship to seek traces of meteorites – and, possibly, alien life:
… Read the rest “A zeppelin for hunting space rocks.”On Thursday, the scientists flew
Science Art: Bosch Magneto ad, Aeronautics, July, 1912
In 1912, aeronautics was a sport.
And the athletes had to start their engines somehow… so Bosch, now known mostly for their spark plugs, made magnetos. And summoned… Read the rest “Science Art: Bosch Magneto ad, Aeronautics, July, 1912”
Stupid pesticide lowers your kids’ IQs.
AFP goes even farther than that. A common pesticide actually changes the structure of kids’ brains:
… Read the rest “Stupid pesticide lowers your kids’ IQs.”The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined New
Holy viruses! (On your computer.)
PhysOrg says that porn is safer than religion… at least when it comes to online viruses:
… Read the rest “Holy viruses! (On your computer.)”Websites with religious or ideological themes were found to have triple the average number