Happy Earth Day

With a great message from Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

We need to be conservationists to be sure, preserving wetlands, forests, open spaces and coastlines. We need to reduce our wasteplastic trash and the like. But what we really need is big, new ideas: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → વધુ વાંચો: Happy Earth Day

Get a Life, Discovery

I sat rapt in front of my TV on Sunday watching the latest installment of the BBC/Discovery seriesLife”. The first thing that comes to my mind… “WHY was Oprah chosen to narrate!?” સ્વાભાવિક રીતે, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → વધુ વાંચો: Get a Life, Discovery

Medical Research for the Science Fair

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I am really at a loss for understanding yet another positive acupuncture study that was as well designed as my 8th grade science fair project. મંજૂર, I was a nerdy science kid, but I could do a better job drunk. I think I should conduct a followup study in which I test the . . . → વધુ વાંચો: Medical Research for the Science Fair

આ નામ…

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Nothing wrong with established religion

You can read all about his story from the NY Times. I think the scariest thing about this whole abuse scandal (scandalsssss) is that the church actually believes that this is the work of satannot the twisted minds of individual humans. હા, “the Devil is at work . . . → વધુ વાંચો: આ નામ…

સમય ફરીથી પોતાના દેશ ટેક્સાસ દો

As if educational standards weren’t bad enough in this country, Texas has decided to make them worse. A recent push from a conservative school board has re-written history, literally. The logic may be a bit difficult to follow, but they have attempted tobalancehistory by injecting more conservative ideals (તમને વાંધો, no one is . . . → વધુ વાંચો: સમય ફરીથી પોતાના દેશ ટેક્સાસ દો

When I’m too lazy to think of my own material,

I post someone else’s. Came across this series in a PZ Myers lecture, pretty entertaining and you should go check out Mr. Deity yourself.

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The Doctors are out.

I caught a brief airing of the TV showThe Doctors“, today’s episode was titledMedical Emergencies You Can’t Ignore”. For the most part they regurgitate positive medical health affirmations. They also babble on abouthealthyfoods and things that are good for you and thedangersof all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → વધુ વાંચો: The Doctors are out.

Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

કૂવો, I bet if I was selling something it would show up pretty damn low on this chart. Below you can see different alternative remedies ranked in accordance to their scientific efficacy. Follow the link for a more comprehensive explanation of the ratings, but the remedies are ranked based on each claimgreen tea . . . → વધુ વાંચો: Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

Sunday night rant: the way things should work.

I came across this article today and it put a smile on my face. A traveling malaria researcher came across anelectronic mosquito repellerfor sale in his in-flight catalog. Being an intelligent man, he realized this was total and utter BS. He also realized this product probably sells best while in-route to malaria ridden . . . → વધુ વાંચો: Sunday night rant: the way things should work.

દુખ ભર્યું પણ સત્ય

The brief comment about Linus Pauling and Vitamin C below made me remember this video first posted a while ago by Pharyngula. This is Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR, and a Nobel Prize winner. His invention basically made DNA analysis possible. But like Pauling, he is also completely and totally nuts. If you have . . . → વધુ વાંચો: દુખ ભર્યું પણ સત્ય