David Isenberg has a great post into the cell-phone towers and bees controversy. A must read: isen.blog: Mobile phones, bees and the future: “Mobile phones, bees and the future I’m wicked skeptical about reports of negative effects of mobile phones (brain cancer, etc.) when the public and the press can’t seem to get worked up [...]
Our world is becoming an amazing place, a team of Canadian scientists appear to have reversed diabetes. The treatment works so well they were shocked by it. The essence of their discovery is that there is link between neurological activity and the production of insulin. The traditional view of diabetes is that the body's [...]
For approximately 3 Billion years evolution operated on a mostly single-cell basis, but then something strange happened approximately 500 millions years ago. A sudden development of multi-cellular creatures that eventually led to man. What caused that change and the resulting rapid rise of multi-cellular life? This is the essence of Darwin's Dilemma. Don E. Canfield, [...]
The implications of today's announcement are immense, NASA confirms the presence of liquid water on Mars today in a press conference, additionally they have found evidence of recent cratering (past few years). This is stunning confirmation of what many have suspected. We may be on the threshold of a new golden age of space exploration.
NASA has called a press conference tomorrow at 1 pm EST to discuss a "significant find" by the Mars Global Surveyor. Rumors are significant amounts of water have been found. The press conference is sure to be fascinating & you can watch it live over at NASA TV off the NASA homepage. UPDATE: Rumors confirmed, [...]
Absolutely stunning video of Richard Dawkins taking on all comers at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Apparently quite a few "students" from Falwell's Liberty "University" (please note the quotes, enough said) showed up and tried to challenge him. Dawkins brilliantly destroys their arguments and statements. What I find particularly funny is that a number of "scientists" work [...]
Behold the power of nanotechnology. It's certainly no mystery that the next exciting frontier lies in human health advances using many of the new technological advances. The next twenty years will be an exciting time in the health-care field.
Gerard ‘t Hooft is a noble prize winning physicist that has put a guide together and incredible guide HOW to BECOME a GOOD THEORETICAL PHYSICIST. This is what the internet was made for. Go enjoy…
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E. O. Wilson’s seminal work The Ants is a landmark in myrmecology (the study of ants). It deservedly won the Pulitzer in 1991 and stands as a hallmark to accessible scientific writing. Behavior, habitat, social norms are all presented in an engaging and very readable way. If you have some time its well worth the [...]