Door Chris Grinter, op 22 april, 2010% With a great message from Bill Nye, het Science Guy.
We moeten natuurbeschermers zijn om zeker te zijn, het behoud van wetlands, bossen, open ruimtes en kusten. We moeten ons afval te verminderen — plastic afval en dergelijke. Maar wat we echt nodig hebben groot is, nieuwe ideeën: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → Lees meer: Gelukkig Dag van de Aarde
Door Chris Grinter, on April 13th, 2010% 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!?” Natuurlijk, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Lees meer: Get a Life, Discovery
Door Chris Grinter, on April 2nd, 2010% (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. Toegegeven, 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 . . . → Lees meer: Medical Research for the Science Fair
Door Chris Grinter, on March 25th, 2010% 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. Ja, “the Devil is at work . . . → Lees meer: In the name of the…
Door Chris Grinter, on March 13th, 2010% 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 (mind you, no one is . . . → Lees meer: Time to let Texas be its own country again
Door Chris Grinter, on March 10th, 2010% 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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Door Chris Grinter, op 8 maart, 2010% I caught a brief airing of the TV show “The Doctors“, today’s episode was titled “Medical Emergencies You Can’t Ignore”. For the most part they regurgitate positive medical health affirmations. They also babble on about “healthy” foods and things that are good for you and the “dangers” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Lees meer: The Doctors are out.
Door Chris Grinter, op 7 maart, 2010% Goed, Ik wed dat als ik iets te verkopen zou opdagen verdomd laag op deze kaart. Hieronder vindt u verschillende alternatieve oplossingen gerangschikt volgens kunnen zien om hun wetenschappelijke werkzaamheid. Volg de link voor een uitgebreidere uitleg van de ratings, maar de remedies worden gerangschikt op basis van elke vordering – groene thee . . . → Lees meer: Koop Chris alle nieuwe helende tonic!
Door Chris Grinter, op 28 februari, 2010% Ik kwam dit artikel van vandaag en het zet een glimlach op mijn gezicht. Een reizende malaria onderzoeker kwam over een “elektronische mug repeller” te koop in zijn in-flight catalogus. Omdat het een intelligente man, hij besefte dat dit totaal en volslagen BS was. Hij besefte ook dit product waarschijnlijk verkoopt het best, terwijl in-route naar malaria geteisterde . . . → Lees meer: Zondagavond rant: de gang van zaken zou moeten werken.
Door Chris Grinter, op 23 februari, 2010% 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 . . . → Lees meer: Sad but true
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