Category Archives: Science

5.17.2013

by Dani Johnson

How Solar Flares Will Leave The Earth And Its Inhabitants Mostly Unharmed

Since we are in the peak (solar maximum) of the Sun’s 11 year cycle, we are seeing much more solar activity than we have in the past few years. It may seem scary to some, but the sun has been / read more…

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5.16.2013

by Brian Hudson

The Consumer Effects Of ‘Infotainment’ Science Reporting

Now this is the kind of journalism I like to see. Earlier today, the Guardian published “The need for critical science journalism” by Dr. Jalees Rehman, a well-aimed jab at the way most media outlets handle science reporting. Labeling the / read more…

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5.15.2013

by Stephen Propatier

More Evolutionary Evidence

Creationists often point to gaps, or anomalies in the fossil record as evidence that evolutionary theory is incorrect. They fail to acknowledge that the fossil record heavily supports common ancestry and evolution. Creationist often point to “sudden appearance” as evidence for / read more…

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Posted in Pseudoscience / Science

5.14.2013

by Mike Weaver

Miniature Skeleton: Not an alien

I saw this report last week. The buzz was up about Ata, a tiny (12cm) skeleton found about 10 years ago in the Atacama desert in Chile. The story of Ata has come to light with a recent UFO documentary, / read more…

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Centralized production of Roman glass

Sometimes we underestimate the capacities of our ancestors. Take for instance the ancient Romans, who developed the craft of blowing glass, instead of casting it. The results are sometimes phenomenally beautiful, as the Wikipedia page on Roman glass attests. The knowledge of / read more…

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5.11.2013

by Eric Hall

Philosophy in Physics

The last week of the spring semester at the community college where I teach is next week. I had my last lecture session that covered new material on Thursday. The last topic discussed in my “Elements of Physics” class was / read more…

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5.10.2013

by Dani Johnson

Going to Mars with MAVEN

The Mars Rovers have shown us that minerals exist on Mars that only form in the presence of water. This discovery confirms the idea that the barren planet used to have potentially life-bearing water on its surface. Right now, the / read more…

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5.9.2013

by M O'Callaghan

The Stem Cell Business – Part 2

Part one of this short series looked at unregulated stem cell clinics fleecing patients of their savings and robbing them of their health and even their lives. I had intended to write about the changes to regulation of stem cell / read more…

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SETI and Plausibility

Dr. Steven Novella MD is a well recognized leader in the skeptical community. He is personal skeptic hero of mine. I think you will see some of his thoughts and descriptions incorporated into my thinking. I often say I was always a / read more…

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Herschel closes its eyes – for good

ESA, the European Space Agency, announced several days ago that their infrared space observatory, Herschel, has gone blind. The probe was specialized in observing near-infrared and sub-millimeter wavelengths, but had to be cooled to almost absolute zero in order to / read more…

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