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Alcohol Causes Cancer - How Much Shouldn't Even Enter Your Thoughts

A doctor who told you to smoke cigarettes "in moderation" would likely lose their license, but...

The Hemp Industry Has A Placebo For Your PFAS Chemophobia

Environmental activists have claimed for decades that PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)...

TSCA: Here Is What You Need To Know About EPA Taking A New Look At Formaldehyde

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signaled it will once again examine formaldehyde under...

Sending Health Care To Homes Is Better And Cheaper Than Hospital Stays

Due to the rising costs and inability of doctors to own hospitals since the Affordable Care Act...

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Win A $25,000 Life Science Prize From GE

Jul 22 2009 | comment(s)

I assume all of you know this but, if not, here is the blurb I keep getting from the kind marketing folks at Science.

The upside: $25,000

The catch: The topic is limited to molecular biology.

The criteria: This is for 'early career life scientists' so you may be excited, since the average age is now 42 years old before getting an R01 grant but, no, they mean only those who were awarded their Ph.D. in 2008. So the only ones eligible are what you researchers call 'slave labor'.

Dark Spot On Jupiter: New Impact 15 Years After The Last One

Jul 20 2009 | comment(s)

Yesterday I wrote how Anthony Wesley, who hails from Canberra, Australia, grabbed this shot of a new dark spot near the south pole of Jupiter.

It's left to bigger minds (and bigger telescopes) than mine to sort out what caused it but while the blogosphere has been buzzing, JPL has been observing.

Did Something Hit Jupiter? A New Black Spot Appears

Jul 19 2009 | comment(s)

Was there an impact on Jupiter or is that new dark spot just a temporary anomaly?

Anthony Wesley, who hails from Canberra, Australia, grabbed this shot of a new dark spot near the south pole of Jupiter. The great thing about astronomy is it's one of the last areas in science where 'amateurs' can still do great things before Big Science gets to it.

Apollo 11 Hoax - Sometimes Roswell That Ends Well

Jul 18 2009 | comment(s)

In case you've been living under a rock, you probably know that Monday is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. I don't remember seeing it on TV when I was a lad, though I am told I did (I do remember watching the live liftoff of Apollo 17, since Kennedy is about an hour drive from my boyhood home in Florida and we went to that one) but most everyone middle aged and older will - it remains the most watched program in history(1).

Tangential Science: It's A Google Economy, Stupid

Jul 18 2009 | comment(s)

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny.

Take Your Own Apollo 11 Flight (In A Video Game, Anyway)

Jul 17 2009 | comment(s)

Games2Win, an online game company, today announced the launch of Apollo 11: Mission to the Moon, which recreates the historic mission to the moon, without the mind-numbing terror of knowing you were sitting on top of a mess o' solid rocket fuel protected by nothing except parts contracted out to the lowest bidders. The game’s release is schedule to coincide with, and commemorate, the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s success on July 20, 1969.

"Apollo 11: Mission to the Moon" is what the vendor calls a "free-to-play Flash game" and you can find at http://www.games2win.com/ap1. The game play mimics pretty small parts of the first manned mission to land on the moon (without the mind-numbing terror of knowing you were sitting on top of a mess o' ...