Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?
Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.
 2 commentaires - (Les commentaires sont fermés)  Entomologie  Bad science, Papillons, Entomologie, Lépidoptères, Médias Comme si les normes d'éducation n'étaient pas assez mauvaises dans ce pays, Texas has decided to make them worse. Une récente poussée d'un conseil scolaire conservateur a réécrit l'histoire, au sens propre. La logique peut être un peu difficile à suivre, mais ils ont essayé de “équilibre” l'histoire en injectant des idéaux plus conservateurs (attention, no one is . . . → En savoir plus: Il est temps de laisser le Texas redevenir son propre pays Partagez cette!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. [crackle src=/p/Mr._Deity/Mr._Deity_and_the_Messages.swf&fv=id=2021384&mu=0&ap=0] Partagez cette!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 Butterflies of America). . . . → En savoir plus: Butterfly of the week Partagez cette!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 . . . → En savoir plus: Les docteurs sont de sortie. Partagez cette! Les commentaires sont fermés Scepticisme Médecine douce, Bad science, Homeopathy, JREF, Charlatan, Scams et les fraudes, Scepticisme Bien, 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 . . . → En savoir plus: Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic! Partagez cette! Les commentaires sont fermés Scepticisme Médecine douce, Athéisme, Nutrition, pseudoscience, Scepticisme Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! D'accord, 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 . . . → En savoir plus: Heureusement, I’m not a beetle Partagez cette!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] Partagez cette!Came across this 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? Partagez cette![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Partagez cette! |
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