- Doomsday Comet Elenin Goes Out With A Whimper
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2012 is coming and, with it, kooky end-of-the-world fables. If the Asgardian calendar and its earthquakes doesn't get us, maybe the Mayans will. Some people even like to combine Doomsday prophecies - the LHC might bring the end of the worl ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 18 2011 - 10:34am - 0 attachments
- Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years
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... for most product use over the traditional beliefs and superstition and therefore a scientific explanation is warranted. ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 30 2012 - 12:52am - 0 attachments
- First Pluto, Now Astrology? Ophiuchus Needs To Be The 13th Sign, Says Astronomer
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When I was a younger guy, I read my astrology sign 'predictions' in the newspaper. It was in the comics section, so clearly no one took it too seriously. But astrology had at least a foundation in science. Unfortunately, like homeopathy ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 14 2011 - 4:06pm - 0 attachments
- Will Banning Plastic Bags Help The Environment?
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Abstract The banning of plastic bags may not be the salvation of the environment, but it could be a useful way to begin reducing waste pollution. Plastic bags: - are one of the plastic products produced in the greater n ...
Article - Enrico Dorigo - Aug 26 2011 - 2:56am - 0 attachments
- Survival Of The Stupidest
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Is stupidity rising? Are we witnessing an alarming proliferation of irrationality and an exuberance of ignorance? Stupidity seems a concern to a growing group of scholars. Last month alone two arXiv papers ( here and here ) appeared that ...
Article - Johannes Koelman - Apr 5 2011 - 10:29pm - 0 attachments
- If You Enjoy French Perfume, You Are Indebted To A Dead Squid
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... creation and functionality have been shrouded in myth and superstition. To this day, no one has ever seen a whale actually excrete the ...
Article - Danna Staaf - Nov 7 2011 - 5:48pm - 0 attachments
- Increased Science Literacy Correlated To Less Worry About Climate Change
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... Science likes to deal in facts and natural laws, not superstition or hysteria, so the study also found that the more scientifically ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 5 2011 - 11:25am - 0 attachments
- Superluminal Knee Jerk A Symptom But Transparent Science Maybe Cure
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... and Exxon oil or woo doctors are not the main culprits. Superstition and manipulation have always been around, but today they bloom ...
Article - Sascha Vongehr - Oct 20 2011 - 1:59am - 0 attachments
- What Elevators Can Teach Us About Superstition
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... fooling most of the people most of the time! Of course, superstition is actually a well-known phenomenon in the animal world. ... reward does keep coming!) More generally, superstition (and therefore religious belief, which is a form of superstition) ...
Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Sep 19 2011 - 4:33pm - 0 attachments
- M.A.D. 2.0
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M.A.D. 2.0 The greatest fear of mankind after World War 2 was the real possibility of a World War 3. It was a rational fear of a very real threat: the global destruction of civilization. Nations, most especially the USA and the former USSR, f ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 10 2011 - 6:14pm - 0 attachments
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