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PYY And GLP-1 : Gut Hormones Trick Your Brain Into Feeling Full

PYY And GLP-1 : Gut Hormones Trick Your Brain Into Feeling Full

Oct 25 2011 | comment(s)

For millenia, science and technology have been mobilized toward a Utopian dream; making food so plentiful and cheap poor people could afford to be fat.

Well, they can, and because we have freedom (sort of - some states ban trans fats for your own good) a lot of people are fat; so fat some advocates even insist we should go back to making food too expensive for poor people to eat.  Others contend people should just eat less and keep government out of it.

For people who seek a third alternative, there is the awesome power of science.  Maybe taking a pill would do the trick. 

I'm on KOA 850 Talk Radio With Mike Rosen In Denver This Morning

I'm on KOA 850 Talk Radio With Mike Rosen In Denver This Morning

Oct 25 2011 | comment(s)

If you are in the Denver area, I am on KOA 850 radio with Mike Rosen in about one hour - they have an online tool to listen.

Edit: I finally got around and looked for the archive.  You can listen to it here by clicking the little arrow thing on the screen.
New Climate Analysis Group Slams Nature And Science Magazines

New Climate Analysis Group Slams Nature And Science Magazines

Oct 23 2011 | comment(s)

A new climate group sought to replicate findings from recent analyses - and did - and Richard Black at the BBC seeks to spin that as stating Phil Jones of East Anglia University needs an apology.

Did anyone really doubt the numbers would match?   While the 'hockey stick' was an unfortunate Frankenstein-ed series of graphs to make a point, the data was not fraudulent, no one says it was (well, no one not a partisan kook) but they instead say that the researchers had a bunker mentality and sought to block freedom of information requests and to pressure contrarian findings out of journals - which the emails showed for anyone to see.
False Equivalence One Side Never Mentions

False Equivalence One Side Never Mentions

Oct 20 2011 | comment(s)

False equivalence was the big deal two weeks ago, with political advocates Googling for evidence that there might be a Republican with a science Ph.D. (and then ostracizing any found, in the name of tolerance and diversity) and generally out to debunk the notion that the left might have its own kooks.
Baseball And Belief Engines

Baseball And Belief Engines

Oct 19 2011 | comment(s)

In a few short hours, the World Series will begin between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals.  In the midst of all the talk of how offense is winning games this year (team Earned Run Average by starters in the post-season is over 5) and the strategic match-ups, there will be little attention paid to the belief engines in the skulls of individual players; their brains.
What If Apple Ran U.S. Health Care?

What If Apple Ran U.S. Health Care?

Oct 18 2011 | comment(s)

Quick, which British cell phone do you use?   No?  Okay, which French microprocessor is in your PC?  No again?

America leads the world in innovation, the legacy of historical laissez-faire approaches to fixing big problems using the private sector.  Obviously that is different now, even in science, where Pres. Obama made good on his promise to add more science to his cabinet but erroneously thought all of science was composed of progressive academics who think more taxpayer spending is the only way science gets done, leading to the Solyndra boondoggle and more to follow.