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 commentaar - (Reacties zijn gesloten)  Entomologie  Bad Science, Vlinders, Entomologie, Lepidoptera, Media As if educational standards weren’t bad enough in this country, Texas has decided to make them worse. A recent push from a conservative school board has re-written history, literally. The logic may be a bit difficult to follow, but they have attempted to “balance” history by injecting more conservative ideals (mind you, no one is . . . → Lees meer: Time to let Texas be its own country again Deel dit!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] Deel dit!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). . . . → Lees meer: Butterfly of the week Deel dit!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 . . . → Lees meer: The Doctors are out. Deel dit! Reacties zijn gesloten Scepticisme Alternatieve Geneeskunde, Bad Science, Homeopathy, JREF, Quack, Fraude en zwendel, Scepticisme Goed, Ik wed dat als ik iets te verkopen zou opdagen verdomd laag op deze kaart. Hieronder vindt u verschillende alternatieve oplossingen gerangschikt volgens kunnen zien om hun wetenschappelijke werkzaamheid. Volg de link voor een uitgebreidere uitleg van de ratings, maar de remedies worden gerangschikt op basis van elke vordering – groene thee . . . → Lees meer: Koop Chris alle nieuwe helende tonic! Deel dit! Reacties zijn gesloten Scepticisme Alternatieve Geneeskunde, Atheïsme, Voeding, Pseudowetenschap, Scepticisme Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! OK, 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 . . . → Lees meer: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle Deel dit!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] Deel dit!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? Deel dit![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Deel dit! |
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