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Craziest Higgs Stories

Craziest Higgs Stories

Jul 06 2012 | comment(s)

When I wrote about watching the Higgs discovery, I chided scientists on Twitter for over-reaching regarding what was being said and lauded science journalists for showing some moderation, but that does not mean all journalists could resist being silly.  And it doesn't mean all scientists were over-reaching.
Science Journalism: Not Buying The Higgs Hype

Science Journalism: Not Buying The Higgs Hype

Jul 05 2012 | comment(s)

I stayed up late (California) to watch the Higgs announcement and posted various thoughts of my own, and comments from the presentations, on my Twitter feed. 
Global Warming Is Back, Baby

Global Warming Is Back, Baby

Jul 04 2012 | comment(s)

You remember when temperatures became really moderate and every heat wave could no longer be called global warming because we were not warning.  We were enduring climate change instead. That makes some sense, instability is going to occur when things get weird in the atmosphere. Almost everyone thought global warming was a terrible term anyway, lacking any science justification, but global warming is a huge part of why science journalists lost the confidence of the public, and then their jobs because no one felt like journalists were trusted guides on the issue.
Live Webcast of the CERN Higgs Announcement

Live Webcast of the CERN Higgs Announcement

Jul 04 2012 | comment(s)

Below is a live streaming webcast from the auditorium at CERN, where they will be revealing the latest news on the Higgs discovery.
Social Authoritarians Can't Cure Obesity In America, But Science Can

Social Authoritarians Can't Cure Obesity In America, But Science Can

Jul 03 2012 | comment(s)

What causes obesity?  Obviously ingesting more calories than a person burns leads to weight gain but what really causes obesity?

Will banning Big Gulps, Happy Meals and Trans fats make people thin? (1)

While a modern 'ban, legislate and micromanage' mentality about food has taken hold on the coasts of the US, obesity researchers in the middle, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, contend handing over even more control of choice to social authoritarians won't work; we instead have to show people that just because you can eat a lot of junk food doesn't mean you should. And go for a walk once in a while.
Welcome Back To 1978: Nuclear Winter Rebranded As War-Related Climate Change

Welcome Back To 1978: Nuclear Winter Rebranded As War-Related Climate Change

Jul 03 2012 | comment(s)

Greenpeace activists stuck in the 1970s, you need to take a lesson from Madonna; always be reinventing yourself.