Hello scientists! I’m thrilled that you’re capturing and studying antimatter, but you really need to watch what you say or you wind up sounding stupid. Hangst downplayed speculation that antimatter might someday be harnessed as a source of energy, or … Continue reading
Sorry, no. It’s just sloppy writing. In a classical interferometer, first developed in the late 1800s, a laser beam in a vacuum hits a mirror called a beamsplitter, which breaks it in two. The two beams travel at different angles … Continue reading
It makes perfect sense that heavy things fall faster than lighter things. Don’t even have to check and see, it’s just common sense, right? Rockets can’t fly in space because without air, they have nothing to push against. You can’t … Continue reading
If not writing longhand makes you teh stoopid, then how did they invent it in the first place? Study after study suggests that handwriting is important for brain development and cognition — helping kids hone fine motor skills and learn … Continue reading
Paradox Lock!!! (If that doesn’t make you squee you need to turn in your geek card.)
Phil Plait runs the Bad Astronomy blog and has a new series on The Discovery Channel.
This one made me laugh my ass off. A scientist from County Cork has invented a new bio-fuel made from Scotch which can be used instead of traditional petrol in cars. After all, it’s SCOTCH whiskey. It’s not like anyone … Continue reading
I’d like to commend The Daily Kos for the handling of the discovery that the hired pollster, Research 2000 was apparently faking poll data for over a year. It’s not easy admitting this big of an “oh shit”, but the … Continue reading
A woman’s history of vaginal orgasm is discernible from her walk. In the sample of healthy young Belgian women (half of whom were vaginally orgasmic), history of vaginal orgasm (triggered solely by penile-vaginal intercourse) was diagnosable at far better than … Continue reading
Imagine my shock. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change misled the press and public into believing that thousands of scientists backed its claims on manmade global warming, according to Mike Hulme, a prominent climate scientist and IPCC insider. The … Continue reading