A good video explaining why a friend/relative's personal testimony isn't worth as much as rigorous research.   Nothing is perfect, we've learned some research in science is difficult to replicate.  But research builds a knowledge base, while anecdotes have the built in biases the video describes.

I was looking up the Carnotaurus based on a TV show I was watching and noted it has characteristics that make it a good example of the limits of scientific knowledge ( Read more... )

Now that we've created extreme longevity in mice and created all kinds of great meds to cure their cancers we can download into one and complete the process.   Ok, maybe not, but it's a fascinating time to be alive.   I think I'd want a swarm of rats that could duplicate my mind as a group.   Rat pack to the rescue!

Just finished reading an interesting analysis of the Coso Artifact.   I'd heard of this before, a spark plug supposedly found inside a geode.   Turns out it wasn't a geode, though the original artifact has disappeared we still have x-rays of it.   It was identified by spark plug collectors as a 1920's Champion spark plug.

Why anyone would expect a ( Read more... )

I find it interesting that the Center for Inquiry, a skeptical organization, is hosting several talks on evolutionary psychology.

Evolutionary psychology is the ugly step-sister of cognitive science.  The foundations of this sub-discipline are rotten, based on jokers and junk science.  Far as I can tell those who have come after are either ( Read more... )

National Geographic's take on DA14 2012.

18,000 miles.   The moon is 200,000 miles away, just for comparison.

Ms. Williams, the outgoing commander of the space station, gives us an excellent tour of the space station.

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Who does the young scientist in this video remind you of?

First, look at this.

I seriously doubt this young'un got vaccinated.