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- A massive LEGO homage to Logan's Run, if there was ever an intersection of my interests...http://flic.kr/p/8xAYaT 6 hours ago
- Oh, for ****'s sake. RT @newswise: Another oil rig in gulf of Mexico has exploded, ap reports 17 hours ago
- The Scientist on how researchers may trust reporters. I'm going to nail copies of this up all over the Institute: http://bit.ly/9LBEcg 2010/09/01
Category Archives: Science Fandom
Why I Don’t Go In The Water: The gentle nurturing of apex predators
National Geographic photog Paul Nicklen comes face to face with a leopard seal of unusual size. One seal brought a penguin over to me. I didn’t touch it; I just sat there and photographed. The penguin took off, and the … Continue reading
Biofortified with Extra Goodness
Here’s something to pay attention to: Biofortified, a pro-science group blog that takes on some of the hysteria surrounding GMO food.
Near Death Experiences not paranormal, just a wiring issue
Near death experiences always seem start out the same way — there was a tunnel, then a light… Paranormalists often point to the commonalities of near death and out-of-body experiences as evidence of the proof of an afterlife or astral … Continue reading
Why I don’t go into the water…bone-eating worms at whale fall
That’s whale fall — what happens when an enormous cetacean corpse hits the ocean floor — not whale fail — what happens when Twitter breaks. You see, when the carcass lands on the bottom of the sea, a whole host … Continue reading
Why I don’t go into the water…Reason 1,770: Blind and Poisonous
Wired reports on the discovery of Speleonectes atlantida, “the cave swimmer of Atlantis” by Texas A&M researchers in the Tunel de la Atlántida, a volcanic cave near the Canary Islands. Charming. Among its many features, aside from looking like Satan’s … Continue reading
Why I don’t go into the water…Reason 1,769: Giant wood lice feast on your corpse
As your waterlogged corpse settles on the ocean floor, giant isopods, crabs and eels pick it clean in an orgy of dissection and feasting. There is no Davy Jone’s Locker waiting for you on the bottom, dear mariner. (Not even … Continue reading
Why I don’t go into the water…Reason #1,768
I could not be in the same ocean as this creature and not be gripped by paralyzing fear (not to mention paralyzing tentacles!). Behold, a great big jelly, the likes of which are not meant to be seen. As the … Continue reading
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Massive Bat Die-off in NJ? Maybe…and another fungus to blame!
The Star-Ledger reports that 95% of NJ bats died off this winter from a fungal infection known as “white-nose syndrome.” That sounds pretty damned scary, until you read the article and find that the headline was taken from a single … Continue reading
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Keep Libel Laws out of Science
There’s a petition online in support of Simon Singh, the UK science writer being sued by the British Chiropractic Association for, essentially, using the word “bogus” in the same article as “chiropractic.” You can get the full scoop at Jack … Continue reading
Why I don’t go into the water Britain …Reason #1,767
The Telegraph reports finding a 600ft jellyfish crop circle found in an Oxfordshire field. Kill it!!! Oh, wait… At the end of the article, the writer oddly refers to an entirely different crop circle from last year, and reuses the … Continue reading