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Word of the Day: Davy Lamp
Davy lamp – The light invented by Humphrey Davy to solve the problem of miner’s lights igniting methane gas in the mines. From Popular Science: Davy, one of the world’s first professional scientists, solved the problem by systematically studying what … Continue reading
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Absence of Evidence Actually *is* Evidence of Absence
As Kim Øyhus explains. It’s just that absence of evidence isn’t definitive proof of absence. Her less math-ety explanation: Absence of evidence for… fairies, trolls, and ghosts… weapons of mass destruction in Irak… crop circle aliens… gods… Microsoft patents in … Continue reading
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The Emperor’s New Science
Seth Roberts reviews The Hockey Stick Illusion.
Cool Site: WhatsThatBug.com
Neat. People I’m thinking about: Steve K and Rikki.
Branislaw Malinowski on Science and Magic
“Science is founded on the conviction that experience, effort and reason are valid; magic on the belief that hope cannot fail nor desire deceive.” – Branislaw Malinowski
Shannon Love on Problems with Peer-reviewed Science
ChicagoBoyz – Scientific Peer-Review is a Lightweight Process: By the way that proponents of Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) wave it about as a talisman to ward off criticism, a lay person could be excused for thinking that peer review … Continue reading
Lancet withdraws study that linked vaccines with autism
The prestigious British medical journal The Lancet is fully and formally retracting the 1998 study that sparked the autism/vaccine scare. Now about The Lancet’s study that claimed 100,000 Iraqi deaths during the U.S.-led invasion… Previously More Evidence that Thimerasol Not … Continue reading
New test detects Alzheimer’s 20 years before onset
Eye test that spots Alzheimer’s 20 years before symptoms: Middle-aged could be screened at routine optician’s visit: A test that can detect Alzheimer’s up to 20 years before any symptoms show is being developed by British scientists. The simple and … Continue reading
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Trust me on this. Stan Guffey will win.
Metro Pulse – UT Professor Considers Legal Action Over Use Of Charles Darwin Bio: Stan Guffey had been waiting months for Nov. 18 to arrive. On that day, Christian groups handed out free copies of a 150th-anniversary edition of Charles … Continue reading
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Jonathan Adler on science and public policy
Jonathan Adler – “‘We’re the Experts, Trust Us,’ Has Clearly Gone by the Wayside”: The effort to compile an “official” scientific “consensus” into a single document, approved by governments, has exacerbated the pressures to politicize policy-relevant science. So too has … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Political Survival Kit, Quotes, Science
Tagged climategate, global warming, science and public policy
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Study: Splenda kills beneficial bacteria in GI tract
Seth Roberts – Splenda Reduces Gut Bacteria in Rats: This 2008 study done at Duke University found that small amounts of Splenda — similar to what a person might consume — reduced “beneficial bacteria” in the guts of rats. The … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Science
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Word of the Day: Diamagnetism (Metals)
Via Wikipedia. Diamagnetism is the property of an object which causes it to create a magnetic field in opposition of an externally applied magnetic field, thus causing a repulsive effect. Specifically, an external magnetic field alters the orbital velocity of … Continue reading
Gene for bad driving
I saw this and the first thing I thought was, “yeh, it’s probably a recessive gene on the X chromosome.”
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“What happened to global warming?”
BBC – What happened to global warming?: This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. But it is … Continue reading
The War on Food Poor People Eat
Slate – Let Them Drink Water!What a fat tax really means for America: It’s ironic that so many advocates for healthy eating are also outspoken gourmands. Alice Waters, the proprietor of Chez Panisse, calls for a “delicious revolution” of low-fat, … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Food & Drink, Politics, Science
Tagged iron man, science and public policy
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Scientists discover what I been sayin’ about grocery checkout lines
Consumerist – Math Proves It: Grocery Store Express Lane Not So Express: The conclusions, after studying the lines in his local store as well as cash register data: it’s people that slow down the checkout process, not items, and the … Continue reading
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Random question about temperature and sleeping
I’m trying to figure out why I run warm when I sleep at night, but cold when I nap during the day. What’s up with that? I took a nap Sunday afternoon. I did what I usually do when I … Continue reading
Posted in Home Life, Science
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John Holdren, Obama’s science czar, advocated totalitarian measures to address overpopulation
Via Ace of Spades, Zombietime has unearthed a book of environmental extremism written by Obama’s science czar, John Holdren, and co-authors Paul and Anne Ehrlich. The book, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment, advocates extreme measures such as forced abortions and forced … Continue reading
“I have known more people whose lives have been ruined by getting a Ph.D. in physics than by drugs”
The journeyman career path of a scientist: As examples, consider two of the leading candidates for a recent Assistant Professorship in my department. One was 37, ten years out of graduate school (he didn’t get the job). The leading candidate, … Continue reading
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When science is conducted in secret by monks it isn’t science
Dr. Helen on the new DSM: But my main concern is the secrecy of the DSM-V–only a group of psychiatrists and one psychologist are allowed to oversee the revision and they have been asked to sign confidentiality agreements. Psychologists are … Continue reading
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