Skeptics in the Pup

Tonight, if you’re in San Francisco, you should make your way to Showdogs bar (near the SoMa) for skeptics in the pub with the honorable James Randi! I’ll be in attendance, along with a few fellow entomologist friends. Try this facebook linkbut if that fails, the event starts at 9pm.

If you’re not . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Skeptics in the Pup

An Uphill Battle

If there is one thing that I learned in college, it was how to easily distract myself. I tend to keep my TV on in the background while I’m working on my computer, especially late at night when I am usually fighting a winning war against sleep. The other night something did catch my . . . → Gehiago irakurri: An Uphill Battle

Medikuak kanpoan daude.

Telesaioaren emisio labur bat ikusi nuen “Medikuak“, gaurko atalak izenburua zuen “Alde batera utzi ezin dituzun larrialdi medikoak”. Gehienetan osasun mediko baieztapen positiboak erregurtatzen dituzte. Buruz borobil ere egiten dute “osasuntsu” janariak eta zuretzako onak diren gauzak eta “arriskuak” Etxeko ohiko bakterio/produktu kimiko mota guztietakoak eta . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Medikuak kanpoan daude.

Sunday night rant: the way things should work.

I came across this article today and it put a smile on my face. A traveling malaria researcher came across anelectronic mosquito repellerfor sale in his in-flight catalog. Being an intelligent man, he realized this was total and utter BS. He also realized this product probably sells best while in-route to malaria ridden . . . → Gehiago irakurri: Sunday night rant: the way things should work.