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Category Archives: Science
5.3.2013
Extreme Surface Features Of Mars: Olympus Mons, Tallest Volcano In The Solar System!
With Mars being our closest accessible neighbor, it’s no surprise that we have had so many missions to study the red warrior. The six active missions to Mars include the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Mars Exploration Rover (Opportunity), and the / read more…
4.29.2013
Remembrance of Fads Past: Orgone and Velikovsky
The speed with which trends on the internet move means that something can go from unknown to hugely popular to mocked while one is on a long vacation. But fads themselves are as old as history, and while an internet / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / New Age / Pseudoscience / Science / Space
Tagged in carl sagan / freud / new age energy / orgone / supressed science / velikovsky
4.28.2013
How an Excel error impacted the world
In 2010, an important economic science paper was published by Reinhart and Rogoff (pdf here). One of their main points was that countries with a public debt above 90% of GDP had a significant lower economic growth rate. They compared data / read more…
Posted in Science / Technology
4.26.2013
Skepticism and me
I was recently asked “Do you really need evidence for everything?” That’s actually a difficult question to answer, but the short answer is “yes, I do”. In practice, I don’t need to look up absolutely everything because I have already / read more…
Posted in Conspiracy Theories / Health / Science
4.26.2013
Saturn’s Magnetic Field Pulls “Rain” Into Atmosphere from Ring System
Saturn’s rings are responsible for a unique type of rain that falls into the atmosphere of the gas giant. Saturn’s magnetic field is pulling charged water particles into the atmosphere which interact with the atmosphere. Scientists estimate that there’s at / read more…
4.25.2013
Peer Review and the MMR-Autism Debacle
When a study is submitted to a scientific journal, it goes through a number of stages, at any of which, its publication could be rejected. The editorial team check the paper. They ensure it fits within the scope of their / read more…
Posted in Conspiracy Theories / Health / Pseudoscience / Science / TV & Media / Uncategorized
Tagged in Andrew Wakefield / Brian Deer / Measles / MMR / Peer review / Richard Horton / the Lancet
4.24.2013
Does eating chocolate give you acne?
Cytokine “The Official journal of the International Cytokine Society” published a small study suggesting a link between consuming chocolate and Adult/Adolescent Acne. The MyHealthNewsDaily published an article based on the study,”Bittersweet News: Chocolate May Trigger Acne“. It is a compelling narrative. The actual / read more…
Posted in Health / Science / TV & Media
4.21.2013
The hygiene of wind
Hygiene in a hospital environment is very important. Medical staff with a cold are only allowed around critical patients with the necessary protection – or not at all. This is quite normal, as sneezing and coughing can spread diseases. So / read more…
4.19.2013
7 Interesting Things About Our Solar System
The Solar System is a fascinating place, but it’s easy to be overwhelmed by its gargantuan size and the massive amount of data we have on everything we can gather data from. I have compiled a list of 7 things / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Education / Nature / Science / Space
Tagged in facts / science / Solar System / space
4.19.2013
MercolaWatch:On Environmental Factors for Autism — Part 2
This is the second of a two-part response to a recent mercola.com speculating on environmental causes for autism. This part briefly responds to his mention of vaccines, phthalates and gut flora.
Posted in Health / Pseudoscience / Science
Tagged in Autism / mercola / phthalates / vaccines
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