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Not the typical butterfly – but this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic fever – the Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Kupu-kupu of America).
Berbagi ini!Aku menangkap ditayangkan singkat dari acara TV “Dokter“, episode hari ini berjudul “Darurat Medis Anda tidak dapat Abaikan”. Untuk sebagian besar mereka memuntahkan afirmasi kesehatan medis positif. Mereka juga mengoceh tentang “sehat” makanan dan hal-hal yang baik untuk Anda dan “bahaya” semua jenis rumah tangga biasa bakteri / bahan kimia dan segala sesuatu yang lain. Dengan dan tidak diragukan kebenarannya besar. Tapi kemudian Dr. Lisa Masterson membuka mulutnya dengan saran ini untuk mencari orang untuk berhenti merokok (diparafrasekan dari memori) “Anda dapat mencoba ini, itu disebut EZ-Keluar semprot. Mereka HOMOEOPATI … Anda masih harus berkonsultasi dengan dokter Anda karena, kamu tahu, beberapa bahan-bahan ini bisa menjadi kuat”. Daftar bahan adalah “5C baku antimonium, Caladium seguinum 5C, Ignatia 5C, Lobelia inflata 5C, Nux vomica 5C, tabacum 5-7-9C. bahan aktif: Air yang dimurnikan, alkohol (20%.” Terlebih Dahulu, mari kita memahami “C” skala pengukuran potensi. Sebuah potensi 1C adalah salah satu bagian bahan diencerkan dalam 100 bagian air, Sebuah 1:100 perbandingan. larutan A 5C setara dengan 10 ^ -10 listrik pengenceran atau .0000000001mg “aktif” bahan. Jadi minum up, Anda akan perlu minum salah satu dari ini untuk mendapatkan bahan aktif yang cukup: Tapi thats seluruh titik! dalam homeopati, molekul tunggal bahan yang datang dalam kontak dengan ajaib air menanamkan kekuatannya untuk molekul air. Ketika diminta untuk menjelaskan hal ini yang paling ahli homeopati Invoke mekanika kuantum. Baik untuk tahu mereka benar-benar tahu tentang ilmu. Prinsip dasar negara homeopati bahwa LEBIH diencerkan sesuatu menjadi LEBIH kuat itu. Pengenceran standar 30C atau 10 ^ -60 , tapi itu naik sampai 10 ^ -1500. Anda benar-benar akan perlu mengkonsumsi bola air ukuran tata surya kita two miliar kali untuk satu molekul tunggal dari bahan. Dan terima kasih Tuhan ada .0000000001mg Nux vomica dalam larutan karena yang umumnya dikenal sebagai strychnine, toksin alkaloid yang sangat kuat dengan LD50 dari 10mg. Dalam dosis kurang 5mg bertindak sebagai stimulan yang kuat dan digunakan historis untuk aliments perut dan bahkan untuk doping oleh atlet. Strychnine belum digunakan sejak penemuan obat yang lebih aman. Homeopati adalah benar-benar omong kosong. Ada nol bukti pendukung, pada kenyataannya di Inggris mereka akhirnya setuju untuk pendanaan berhenti kegilaan ini; yang tidak mengejutkan karena setiap orang yang cerdas yang mengerti pelaku sebenarnya dari homeopati harus tahu lebih baik. Sebenarnya, siapa yang menciptakan obat homeopati yang terbukti secara ilmiah, dapat mengajukan permohonan untuk JREF tantangan juta dolar. Apakah mengherankan bahwa hal itu tetap tidak diklaim? dr. Lisa adalah tolol lengkap dan dukun. Hal ini menakutkan untuk berpikir dia menyebar informasi yang salah ini di TV publik, tetapi tidak semua yang mengejutkan. Dia harus mengeluarkan permintaan maaf untuk merekomendasikan homeopati dan dewan medis california harus mempertimbangkan tindakan disiplin atau tarik lisensi nya. Tentu saja hal ini tidak akan terjadi… Tapi berpikir tentang potensi bahaya, mempertimbangkan kasus orang tua yang membunuh putri mereka dengan homeopati. Sekarang, menikmati James Randi menjelaskan Homeopati: [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = BWE1tH93G9U] Berbagi ini! komentar ditutup  Keraguan  Alternatif Pengobatan, Bad Sains, Homoeopati, JREF, Dukun, Penipuan dan Penipuan, Keraguan Baik, 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 for instance rates very poorly for cancer but very well for cholesterol. Take notice of just how much is below the “worth it” line.
Continue reading Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic! Berbagi ini!Because I would have been subjected to ini. Talk about animal cruelty! Oke, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it was “readily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush because it was the “most annoying sound [mereka] 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 “besar, more liberal scientists wasting our tax dollars playing music to beetles”. We already know what republicans think about science. Silakan, let’s not throw more fodder into the backwards minds of the anti-science republican agenda (Oke, 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? Berbagi ini!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] Berbagi ini!Came across ini article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Siapa yang bisa memberitahuku apa itu “bunga-bunga” sebenarnya are? 10 menunjuk ke yang pertama untuk menebak dengan benar… atau mungkin hadiah yang luar biasa?
Berbagi ini![youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl = en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Berbagi ini!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.) Tapi, 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:
Wah- 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… Oke, we know that much already. Berbagi ini!I came across ini article today and it put a smile on my face. A traveling malaria researcher came across an “elektronik nyamuk repeller” untuk dijual di dalam penerbangan katalog nya. Being an intelligent man, ia menyadari ini adalah total dan mengucapkan BS. He also realized this product probably sells best while in-route to malaria ridden countries; and that there were naive tourists walking around with $23 worthless pieces of crap on their belts feeling protected. The airline, KLM, had likely been selling the item with no second though whatsoever, just part of the standard issue crap-on-a-plane shopping selection. So as soon as Bart Knol returned home he began to dig deeper. He contacted KLM and tried to figure out why they were selling this item. Politely, the airline offered a response from the manufacturer backing up the efficacy of the device – and stated that they sell over 1,000 a month. Clearly that couldn’t be acceptable – in fact there has been research conducted to test just this sort of machine – all of which showed zero effect. Again Knol informed KLM of this fact, with evidence in hand, and received a surprising reply. “The product will no longer be for sale on KLM aircraft from March onwards“. Son-of-a-bitch. He confronted a company that was selling a scientifically falsified device. Instead of blowing this scientist off – they looked at the evidence – and acted logically. Within 2 months Knol had KLM pulling the product from its shelves. The airline should give Knol a lifetime supply of vouchers for his suggestion. Imagine if you will: a gullible tourist headed to Africa for your first safari. Wanting desperately to avoid the sometimes horrible side effects of anti-malaria medication they see this miracle product that will keep them safe instead. Baik, the product failed to work, and he contracts malaria while running from elephants in Kenya. Attempts to sue the company failed since they were based in Sri Lanka – but not to worry, KLM has vast and deep pockets. 10,000,000 euro later, KLM pulls the product form the shelf and the dead tourists kids replace everything they own with gold. But no, instead, a vigilant skeptic stepped up and saved the day! Thanks for your skepticism Knol, you get a high-five. The action he took provided KLM with evidence they were conducting a wrongdoing. Had the airline been sued in the future and this prior knowledge had come to light, they would have lost. I wish KLM could appreciate it just as much as I do, but at least they took the proper action. Fly KLM. It’s always nice to see a story like this because this is certainly not how things usually happen. Take for instance the “dowsing for bombs” scandal brought to our attention by the JREF. I guess it’s a bit difficult to call it a scandal because the press only briefly covered it here in the US. Quickly: A British based company was selling dowsing rods, that consisted of nothing more than metal rods and handles, as bomb, gun, knife, drug and even body detectors. The major buyer was the Iraqi government in around tens of millions of dollars. People bet their life on this machine; and it failed, 100% of the time. Even today the Iraqis swear by this device. But let’s not forget the history of this detector, which is basically the same as the “Quadro Tracker” bought by OUR government in the late 90’s. At least in the QT issue we only purchased 1,000 units and quickly tested them to discover the fraud. The result – the FBI issued a warning against it. The company promptly picked up shop and moved to the UK to re-invent this device sold to Iraq (amongst other countries). Thankfully the scammer, Jim McCormick, was recently arrested in Britain for fraud and the item has been banned for export. Go find your own MozStops, Pest Repellers, SunBeams and SOLAR powered mosquito repellers (hey you can be green while being a sucker) and take that store to task! Seriously, this crap is everywhere and it’s 100% fraud. 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