Okay, I'm a bit more of a sci-geek than I thought. Apparently all it takes to cheer me up after a depressing contemplation of the human condition is getting to play with a scanning electron microscope. :D ( Read more... )

Okay, yes, double post. Sorry, and all that. But this is majorly, majorly cool.

A Shocking Idea: Nerves Might Run On Sound, Not Electricity

Among the Things that Really Push my Buttons: The "Evolution is a theory, not a fact!" argument.

This involves an extremely simple misunderstanding: in scientific terminology, "theory" is as close to "fact" as you can possibly get without actually going back in time and watching life on earth evolve. If it was a "conjecture," that would be a ( Read more... )