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Early Oktobertfest Treat For Hot Weather - A Beer Milkshake

Early Oktobertfest Treat For Hot Weather - A Beer Milkshake

Sep 16 2012 | comment(s)

Has global warming made it too darn hot to think about autumn events like Oktoberfest?  Can't choose between a milkshake and a beer? You are in luck, the Red Robin restaurant chain is simply mixing the two.
 
A cold beer milkshake can appeal to beer enthusiasts and dessert-lovers, they believe, so now through November 11th, they are selling a Samuel Adams® Octoberfest Milkshake. You can probably guess its ingredients; soft serve ice cream, Samuel Adams® Octoberfest draft, vanilla and caramel.
Treveri Versus Romans In The Conquest Of Celtic Gaul

Treveri Versus Romans In The Conquest Of Celtic Gaul

Sep 14 2012 | comment(s)

The Gallic War showed Julius Caesar as a great military leader, proof that even 2070 years ago politicians who get stuff done got farther ahead than politicians people simply liked. It is also the first instance of a military commander documenting a campaign, so we know quite a bit. 
Why A More Conservative Approach Would Fix Science Education

Why A More Conservative Approach Would Fix Science Education

Sep 13 2012 | comment(s)

In a recent ScienceDebate questionnaire response, speechwriters for Candidate Mitt Romney tried to distinguish themselves from speechwriters for President Obama on education(1), and then proceeded to say the exact same thing Candidate Obama said in 2008 about education - that the union system of protecting the teachers who have been around the longest rather than rewarding the ones who are the best is a big mistake.
 
Vegetarianism: The Future Of Food For Poor People

Vegetarianism: The Future Of Food For Poor People

Sep 12 2012 | comment(s)

What would the world look like with 7 billion people and no way to scientifically have created better ways of producing food?  

A lot of poor vegetarians, that's what.  And only rich people eating meat.

Organic food corporations love to claim that their process is 'sustainable'. Vegetarians love to claim that meat is both unethical and bad for the planet.  It makes them happy partners ... as long as science is ignored.

Science Of Sheryl Crow: Cell Phones Cause Cancer But Organic Food Prevents It

Science Of Sheryl Crow: Cell Phones Cause Cancer But Organic Food Prevents It

Sep 10 2012 | comment(s)

Progressives love to get celebrity endorsements for their beliefs, and for good reason; while the right is stuck with Clint Eastwood wandering around unintelligibly - and he disagrees with about half their platform - the other side's famous true believers are all thin and pretty and stay on message. No independent thinking like Dirty Harry and if you have a crackpot, anti-science belief, some left-wing celebrity does too.
The Carbonator Bottle - Make Beer On The Go

The Carbonator Bottle - Make Beer On The Go

Sep 07 2012 | comment(s)

Since it's the weekend and you are reading this, you are intellectually curious about science, which means there is also a statistical likelihood you enjoy beer.

Because of the natural confluence of interests that cause science and beer to go hand-in-hand, we have written a lot of articles about beer.