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Nid y glöyn byw nodweddiadol – ond dyma'r strwythur plygu protein o dwymyn hemorrhagic De America – y firws Symptomau. Cafwyd hyd i'r erthygl ar Gwyddoniaeth Dyddiol. Tebygrwydd trawiadol i bili-pala, efallai hyd yn oed Hesperidae (llun o Butterflies o America).
Rhannu hyn!Fe wnes i ddal darllediad byr o'r sioe deledu “Y Meddygon“, teitl y bennod heddiw oedd “Argyfyngau Meddygol Na allwch eu hanwybyddu”. Ar y cyfan maent yn adfywio cadarnhad iechyd meddygol cadarnhaol. Maen nhw hefyd yn clebran o gwmpas “iach” bwydydd a phethau sy'n dda i chi a'r “peryglon” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and everything else. By and large nothing apocryphal. But then Dr. Lisa Masterson opened her mouth with this advice for people looking to quit smoking (paraphrased from memory) “You can try these, it is called EZ-Quit spray. They are HOMEOPATHIC … You should still consult your doctor because, you know, some of these ingredients can be strong”. The ingredient list is “Antimonium crudum 5C, Caladium seguinum 5C, Ignatia 5C, Lobelia inflata 5C, Nux vomica 5C, Tabacum 5-7-9C. Inactive ingredients: Purified water, alcohol 20%.” Yn gyntaf, let’s understand the “C” scale of potency measurement. A 1C potency is one part ingredient diluted in 100 parts water, a 1:100 ratio. A 5C solution is equivalent to 10^-10 power dilution or .0000000001mg of “active” ingredient. So drink up, you would need to drink one of these to get enough active ingredient: But thats the whole point! In homeopathy, the single molecule of ingredient that comes in contact with water MAGICALLY imparts its power to the water molecules. When asked to explain this most homeopaths invoke quantum mechanics. Good to know they are totally ignorant of science. The basic principle of homeopathy states that the MORE diluted something becomes the MORE powerful it is. The standard dilution is 30C or 10^-60 , but it does go up to 10^-1500. You would literally need to consume a sphere of water the size of our solar system two billion times for one single molecule of ingredient. And thank god there is .0000000001mg of Nux vomica in the solution because that is commonly known as strychnine, an incredibly powerful alkaloid toxin with an LD50 of 10mg. In doses of less that 5mg it acts as a powerful stimulant and was used historically for stomach aliments and even for doping by athletes. Strychnine hasn’t been used since the invention of safer medicines. Homeopathy is absolutely bullshit. There is zero supporting evidence, in fact in the UK they finally agreed to stop funding this insanity; which is no surprise since any intelligent person who understands the true principals of homeopathy should know better. A dweud y gwir, anyone who creates a homeopathic medicine that is scientifically proven, can apply for the JREF million dollar challenge. Is it any surprise that it remains unclaimed? Dr. Lisa is a complete moron and a quack. It is scary to think she spreads this misinformation on public TV, but not all that surprising. She should issue an apology for recommending homeopathy and the california medical board should consider disciplinary action or pull her license. Of course this won’t happen… But think of the potential dangers, consider the case of the parents that killed their daughter with homeopathy. Nawr, enjoy James Randi explaining Homeopathy: [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWE1tH93G9U] Rhannu hyn! Sylwadau ar gau  Amheuaeth  Meddygaeth Amgen, Gwyddoniaeth drwg, Homeopathi, JREF, Cwac, Sgamiau a Thwyll, Amheuaeth Wel, Fe wnes i fetio pe bawn i'n gwerthu rhywbeth y byddai'n ymddangos yn eithaf damn yn isel y siart hwn. Isod gallwch weld gwahanol feddyginiaethau amgen wedi'u rhestru yn unol â'u heffeithiolrwydd gwyddonol. Dilynwch y ddolen am esboniad mwy cynhwysfawr o'r graddfeydd, ond mae'r rhwymedïau wedi'u rhestru ar sail pob hawliad – mae cyfraddau te gwyrdd er enghraifft yn wael iawn ar gyfer canser ond yn dda iawn ar gyfer colesterol. Cymerwch sylw o faint sydd yn is na'r “werth chweil” llinell.
Continue reading Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic! Rhannu hyn!Because I would have been subjected to hyn. Sôn am greulondeb anifeiliaid! iawn, dim ond kidding, ond mae'r stori hon ychydig yn chwerthinllyd. Mae'r erthygl yn nodi bod y gwyddonwyr wedi defnyddio llais Limbaugh oherwydd ei fod “ar gael yn rhwydd”, nid am eu bod yn ei gasáu. Wel mae hynny'n troi allan i beidio â bod yn wir, they chose Rush because it was the “most annoying sound [maent] could think of”. Not too surprising that the liberal entomology agenda hates Rush (joke), but I know I sure do. If you blared that blabbering buffoon at me for an hour I’d Plath myself. It turns out these guys were on the right path however. While Limbaugh perhaps predictably had no effect on the insects, sounds recorded of the bark beetles did. When recordings of the sounds made of the beetles in their tunnels were fired back into the trees they observed the insects flying into a fury and killing each other. Sounds like it may be a useful tool if they can find a way to deliver this to trees without wiring each one with speakers. I don’t think that blasting these recordings Apocalypse Now style into forests will be plausible or effective so hopefully they can think of something else clever. The story might be amusing but I think does a disservice to their cause in general. Using Rush was nothing but an attempt to grab press, which is clearly working. Would anyone have read a story about bark beetles otherwise? I probably wouldn’t have even given it a look. In the end the takeaway story for me is that I think to myself “interesting, they found a potentially useful tool against bark beetles”. But to the less science literate or politically motivated they likely think “gwych, more liberal scientists wasting our tax dollars playing music to beetles”. We already know what republicans think about science. Please, let’s not throw more fodder into the backwards minds of the anti-science republican agenda (iawn, admittedly, fundamental republican fiscal policy is something I can understand… but they are a pack of morons the rest of the time). I don’t believe that Limbaugh has commented on this specific story, but is it difficult to imagine what he has to say? Rhannu hyn!Rivers Cuomo wrote me a song. Not bad, but now I think I want that mantis costume for Halloween. And of course I am obliged to point out that earthworms are not insects… [vimeo=14822451] Rhannu hyn!Came across hyn article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Who can tell me what those “flowers” actually are? 10 points to the first to guess correctly… or maybe some awesome prize?
Rhannu hyn![youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl = en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Rhannu hyn!This is something I’ve never seen before. Growing up I have always had someone give me some kitsch object with insects on them, even playing cards. Well even last year I got another insect themed tie. (I don’t have the whimsey of PZ Myers and his awesome tie.) Ond, they were all printed images of course. New this year from Upper Deck, entomology cards! If you scroll down the page you notice something striking – they aren’t pictures, but actual insects. Here is an image from the link above:
Waw- and follow this link to Facebook to see more of what is to come. I guess these are a modern version of the “tobacco card”, which was an extra collectors card inserted into regular card packs. Last year the company passed out redemption cards that would allow it to be returned for the real thing seen above. According to ESPN, these cards are going for over $100 to people who have no idea what insect they may get. A quick look on e-bay found one currently bid to $87.00. Go figure. In all, Upper Deck plans to release 30 different types of insects. On the back of each card there is an old-timey “range map” and short blurb about the insect. They are also “certified” as being genuine, whatever that means. Do they have a taxonomist consulting? I bet my hourly rates would be less than whoever they have now… The butterfly ones crack me up, they are just closed specimens laid on their side. I would think a spread specimen would be more appealing, but maybe no one at Upper Deck realizes this is how they should be prepared. Whoever is giving them their mantids though are taking lots of time to make them look fancy. I really wonder how many of these are being made, obviously this could not be sustained in any large number. I guess in the end this makes a very interesting conversation starter among people who might never look twice at an insect, and especially as something collectible. I wonder what PETA thinks… iawn, we know that much already. Rhannu hyn!Deuthum ar draws hyn erthygl heddiw ac fe roddodd wên ar fy wyneb. Daeth ymchwilydd malaria teithiol ar draws an “repeller mosgito electronig” ar werth yn ei gatalog mewn-hedfan. Bod yn ddyn deallus, sylweddolodd mai BS llwyr oedd hwn. Sylweddolodd hefyd fod y cynnyrch hwn yn ôl pob tebyg yn gwerthu orau tra ar y ffordd i wledydd lle ceir malaria; a bod yna dwristiaid naïf yn cerdded o gwmpas gyda $23 darnau diwerth o crap ar eu gwregysau yn teimlo eu bod yn cael eu hamddiffyn. Y cwmni hedfan, KLM, wedi bod yn gwerthu'r eitem heb unrhyw eiliad serch hynny, dim ond rhan o'r dewis siopa crap-ar-awyren safonol. Felly cyn gynted ag y dychwelodd Bart Knol adref dechreuodd gloddio'n ddyfnach. Cysylltodd â KLM a cheisio darganfod pam eu bod yn gwerthu'r eitem hon. Yn gwrtais, cynigiodd y cwmni hedfan ymateb gan y gwneuthurwr yn cefnogi effeithiolrwydd y ddyfais – a dywedodd eu bod yn gwerthu drosodd 1,000 y mis. Yn amlwg ni allai hynny fod yn dderbyniol – mewn gwirionedd mae wedi bod ymchwil a gynhaliwyd i brofi dim ond y math hwn o beiriant – pob un ohonynt yn dangos dim effaith. Eto hysbysodd Knol KLM o'r ffaith hon, gyda thystiolaeth mewn llaw, a chafodd atebiad rhyfeddol. “Ni fydd y cynnyrch bellach ar werth ar awyrennau KLM o fis Mawrth ymlaen“. Mab-yr-ast. Wynebodd gwmni a oedd yn gwerthu dyfais wedi'i ffugio'n wyddonol. Yn lle chwythu'r gwyddonydd hwn i ffwrdd – edrychasant ar y dystiolaeth – a gweithredu'n rhesymegol. O fewn 2 misoedd roedd Knol wedi cael KLM yn tynnu'r cynnyrch o'i silffoedd. Dylai'r cwmni hedfan roi cyflenwad oes o dalebau i Knol am ei awgrym. Dychmygwch os dymunwch: twrist hygoelus mynd i Affrica ar gyfer eich saffari cyntaf. Gan ddymuno'n daer i osgoi sgîl-effeithiau erchyll meddyginiaeth gwrth-falaria weithiau, maent yn gweld y cynnyrch gwyrthiol hwn a fydd yn eu cadw'n ddiogel yn lle hynny. Wel, methodd y cynnyrch â gweithio, ac mae'n dal malaria wrth redeg o eliffantod yn Kenya. Methodd ymdrechion i erlyn y cwmni oherwydd eu bod wedi'u lleoli yn Sri Lanka – ond i beidio â phoeni, Mae gan KLM bocedi helaeth a dwfn. 10,000,000 ewros yn ddiweddarach, Mae KLM yn tynnu'r cynnyrch o'r silff ac mae'r plant twristiaid marw yn disodli popeth maen nhw'n berchen arno ag aur. Ond na, yn lle, camodd amheuwr gwyliadwrus i fyny ac achub y dydd! Diolch am eich amheuaeth Knol, byddwch yn cael pump uchel. Rhoddodd y camau a gymerodd dystiolaeth i KLM eu bod yn cyflawni camwedd. Pe bai'r cwmni hedfan wedi'i siwio yn y dyfodol ac roedd y wybodaeth flaenorol hon wedi dod i'r amlwg, byddent wedi colli. Hoffwn pe bai KLM yn ei werthfawrogi cymaint â mi, ond o leiaf cymerasant y cam priodol. Hedfan KLM. Mae bob amser yn braf gweld stori fel hon oherwydd yn sicr nid dyma sut mae pethau'n digwydd fel arfer. Cymerwch er enghraifft y “dowsing ar gyfer bomiau” sgandal a ddygwyd i'n sylw gan y JREF. Mae'n debyg ei bod ychydig yn anodd ei alw'n sgandal oherwydd dim ond yn fyr y gwnaeth y wasg ei gwmpasu yma yn yr UD. Yn gyflym: Roedd cwmni o Brydain yn gwerthu rhodenni dowing, nid oedd hynny'n cynnwys dim mwy na rhodenni a dolenni metel, fel bom, gwn, cyllell, synwyryddion cyffuriau a hyd yn oed corff. Y prif brynwr oedd llywodraeth Irac mewn tua degau o miliynau o ddoleri. Mae pobl yn betio eu bywyd ar y peiriant hwn; a methodd, 100% o'r amser. Hyd yn oed heddiw mae'r Iraciaid yn tyngu llw i'r ddyfais hon. Ond gadewch i ni beidio ag anghofio hanes y synhwyrydd hwn, sydd yn y bôn yr un fath â'r “Traciwr Quadro” a brynwyd gan EIN llywodraeth ar ddiwedd y 90au. O leiaf yn y rhifyn QT dim ond prynasom 1,000 unedau a'u profi'n gyflym i ddarganfod y twyll. Y canlyniad – cyhoeddodd yr FBI rybudd yn ei erbyn. Cododd y cwmni'n brydlon o'r siop a symud i'r DU i ailddyfeisio'r ddyfais hon a werthwyd i Irac (ymhlith gwledydd eraill). Diolch byth y sgamiwr, Jim McCormick, ei arestio ym Mhrydain yn ddiweddar am dwyll ac mae'r eitem wedi'i wahardd ar gyfer allforio. Ewch i ddod o hyd i'ch un chi MozStops, Gwrthyrwyr Pla, Beams Haul ac SRepelyddion mosgito wedi'u pweru gan OLAR (Hei gallwch chi fod yn wyrdd wrth fod yn sugnwr) a chymryd y storfa honno i'r dasg! O ddifrif, mae'r crap hwn ym mhobman ac y mae 100% twyll. Rhannu hyn! 2 sylwadau - (Sylwadau ar gau) Entomoleg, Amheuaeth Dowsing, JREF, Malaria, Mosgitos, Pseudoscience, Sgamiau a Thwyll, Amheuaeth Look above, I’ve created a new page for techniques. Ever wonder how something is done? Ask me how and I will illustrate. Rhannu hyn! |
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