Skeptics in the Pup

Chris Grinter, on August 14th, 2010%

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 link – but if that fails, the event starts at 9pm.

If you’re not . . . → Čítajte viac: Skeptics in the Pup

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An Uphill Battle

Chris Grinter, on June 2nd, 2010%

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 . . . → Čítajte viac: An Uphill Battle

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Doktori sú mimo.

Chris Grinter, 8. marca, 2010%

Chytil som krátky prevzdušnenie televíznej show “Doktori“, Dnešná epizóda bola titulovaná “V prípade lekárskej pohotovosti Nemôžeš ignorovať”. Z veľkej časti sa opakovať pozitívne lekárskej zdravotnej afirmácie. Oni tiež bláboly o tom “zdravé” potraviny a veci, ktoré sú pre vás dobré a “nebezpečenstvo” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Čítajte viac: Doktori sú mimo.

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V nedeľu večer chvastať: spôsob, ako by mali veci fungovať.

Chris Grinter, on February 28th, 2010%

I came across this article today and it put a smile on my face. A traveling malaria researcher came across an “electronic mosquito repeller” for 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 . . . → Čítajte viac: V nedeľu večer chvastať: spôsob, ako by mali veci fungovať.

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