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Sacramento, Cycling And Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong will be in my neighborhood tomorrow but he won't be coming by for coffee.  It's the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California, starting in Nevada City and ending in Sacramento 104 miles later. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2023 - 6:07pm

5 Days Of Halloween Movies: "Five Million Years To Earth"

You may not know the name Hammer Films, but if you have watched movies at all you have probably heard of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.    In 1957 they appeared in a British 'horror' movie called THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and it put both of t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 6 2023 - 5:14pm

California's Newest Prop 65 Cancer Warning Is On...Trees

Tourists are not alarmed by Proposition 65 cancer warnings on nearly every product in every store in California, it quickly becomes a joke to them. Scientists in California warned that would happen while trial lawyers behind the referendum insisted it woul ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 11 2023 - 2:49pm

A Personal Update: The Day To Day Work Of One Physicist.

A brief personal update as to what I have been doing.  There has been much interesting science news to discuss.    A possible galaxy comprised of not much more than gas and dark matter with no stars. Many other things in astronomy and physics.  Things I mi ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Nov 2 2023 - 10:39pm

BeautifulPeople.Com Thinks The Virgin Mary Was One Of Its Members

BeautifulPeople.com, the dating community exclusively for good-looking people, is offering the chance to win a date with Joseph and the Virgin Mary- namely by spending a lot of money.  Well, not really the Virgin Mary, they don't want frogs raining o ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 5 2023 - 7:57am

Organic Consumers Association Continues To Be The Embarrassing Stepchild Of The Organic Industry

Organic Consumers Association has opened a new front in their culture war against science- now they say organic food itself is too science-y. Don't they represent organic farmers? No. Unlike Organic Trade Association, the mainstream trade group create ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 14 2023 - 10:12am

Happy Festivus- Here I Air My Anti-Science Grievances

December 23rd is 'Festivus', a not-real holiday invented by the father of George Costanza on the hit television show "Seinfeld", involving an aluminum pole, feats of strength, and, most fun, an airing of grievances.(1) It's the air ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 20 2023 - 10:35am

Guardian Scolds Wall Street Journal For Climate Junk By Writing Its Own

The Wall Street Journal posted a letter from 16 scientists who are critical of climate science in general and anthropogenic warming in specific. There were numerous flaws in the letter (see Robert Cooper's Denialiasm 101 piece An Excellent Study On De ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 2 2024 - 12:34pm

If Science 2.0 Doesn't Work Out, I Will Sell Organic Food For Dogs

It's always good to have a back-up plan and I may have found mine if Science 2.0 doesn't get bought by some rich media conglomerate in Germany; people gullible enough to believe their organic food is structurally or nutritionally superior and are ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 27 2024 - 10:53am

Weekend Science- The 5 Best Dogs For Attracting Women

There is one thing men know about women; they are willing to believe anything about you if you just put forth the effort to fool them a little. A tuxedo in the eyes of a woman, for example, adds $10,000 to your income and knocks 10 lbs. off your weight. No ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 28 2024 - 11:05am