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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 waste — plastic trash and the like. But what we really need is big, new ideas: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Happy Earth Day Dalīties!I sat rapt in front of my TV on Sunday watching the latest installment of the BBC/Discovery series “Life”. The first thing that comes to my mind… “WHY was Oprah chosen to narrate!?” Dabiski, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Iegūt dzīvi, Atklājums Dalīties! 4 komentāri - (Komentāri ir slēgti)  Entomoloģija, Skepticisms  Entomoloģija, Mediju, Oprah, Skepticisms (iStockphoto) 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. Piešķirti, 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 . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Medical Research for the Science Fair Dalīties! Viens komentārs - (Komentāri ir slēgti) Skepticisms Acupuncture, Alternatīvā medicīna, Slikti Zinātne, Veselība, Quack, Skepticisms UR6FVJ2S3B8H 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 satan – not the twisted minds of individual humans. Jā, “the Devil is at work . . . → Lasīt vairāk: In the name of the… Dalīties!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 to “balance” history by injecting more conservative ideals (prātā, jūs, no one is . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Time to let Texas be its own country again Dalīties!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. [crackle src=/p/Mr._Deity/Mr._Deity_and_the_Messages.swf&fv=id=2021384&mu=0&ap=0] Dalīties!Es noķēru īsu TV pārraides pārraidi “Ārsti“, šodienas epizodei bija nosaukums “Ārkārtas medicīniskās palīdzības gadījumi, kurus nevar ignorēt”. Lielākoties viņi atgrūž pozitīvus medicīniskās veselības apstiprinājumus. Viņi arī pļāpā par “vesels” pārtikas produkti un lietas, kas ir noderīgas jums un “briesmas” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Ārsti ir out. Dalīties! Komentāri ir slēgti Skepticisms Alternatīvā medicīna, Slikti Zinātne, Homeopathy, JREF, Quack, Izkrāpšanu un krāpšanu, Skepticisms Labi, 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 claim – green tea . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic! Dalīties!I came across this article today and it put a smile on my face. A traveling malaria researcher came across an “electronic mosquito repeller” for 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 . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Sunday night rant: the way things should work. Dalīties! 2 komentāri - (Komentāri ir slēgti) Entomoloģija, Skepticisms Dozēšana, JREF, Malārija, Odiem, Pseidozinātne, Izkrāpšanu un krāpšanu, Skepticisms 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 . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Skumji bet patiesi Dalīties! |
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