Category Archives: Science!
QOTD – Sauce for the goose edition.
“Scientists lied, Kyoto died.” — Christopher C. Horner
QOTD – On Skepticism
Should you see any of these three signs (Secrecy, Doomsaying, Consensus), it’s right to be skeptical. Skepticism is not saying “They’re wrong automatically because they’re saying this”. Skepticism is saying “I wish to see the data and follow the reasoning … Continue reading
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ClimateGate: The Data
65 meg .zip file. Get it here. Or here. Or even here.
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Global Warming: Fraud on a massive scale.
Anthony Watts broke the news on the “science” scandal of the century. An unknown person put postings on some climate skeptic websites that advertised an FTP file on a Russian FTP server, here is the message that was placed on … Continue reading
Duh.
Imagine that. After an exhaustive study, it turns out that food is food. Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published Wednesday. Maybe because “organic” is a scam to sell inferior … Continue reading
Beer Good!
The Cleveland Dealer with a welcome scientific breakthrough. Researchers at Granada University in Spain have come across a discovery that will undoubtedly please athletes and sports enthusiasts – a pint of beer post-workout or match is better at rehydrating the … Continue reading
Men, stand up for your rights!
John Gamel at my new favorite blog, The Naked Scientists, provides a… um… scientific look at standers vs sitters. Â Quoting will not do it justice, just go and read. I will also issue a spew alert for this article. Make … Continue reading
Cool Geeky Stuff – Eddy Currents
The magnet moving through the copper tube creates electrical currents that slow the fall of the magnet.
Teaching Risk Literacy
Via Bruce Schneier, The Times Online on teaching statistics and probability. Pupils in every secondary school should be taught the statistical skills they need to make sensible life decisions, one of Britain’s leading mathematicians says. A basic grasp of statistics … Continue reading
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Geeks Rejoice! The universe may be a giant holodeck.
From NewScientist: An experiment in Germany, designed to detect gravity waves may have discovered something else: The universe could be a hologram. For the past seven years, this German set-up has been looking for gravitational waves – ripples in space-time … Continue reading
