Category Archives: Science/Geek

Things that won’t kill you in Australian waters: plesiosaurs

Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 by Greg

This week we’ve introduced the kids to Walking with Dinosaurs, which takes you to a place and time were reptiles were huge and CGI budgets were relatively small. We were two episodes into the the six-part series when the five … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t go in the water, especially during the Late Miocene

Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010 by Greg

You would think this is going to be a scary post about Megalodons a gigantic predatory, be-toothed demon of creature from 20 million years or so ago — the largest shark in history, in fact, about the length of a … Continue reading →

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WHY I DON’T GO IN THE WATER…

Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by Greg

A GIANT HERRING washes up on shore. Only it isn’t a giant and it isn’t a herring. Continue reading →

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The science version of the BBC booklist

Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Greg

Curious Wavefunction has been thinking about what might constitute the science version of the BBC booklist you may have seen popping around places like Facebook, in particular. It is a great start to a list in need of expansion (great … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Go In The Water: The gentle nurturing of apex predators

Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 by Greg

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 →

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Biofortified with Extra Goodness

Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 by Greg

Here’s something to pay attention to: Biofortified, a pro-science group blog that takes on some of the hysteria surrounding GMO food.

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Near Death Experiences not paranormal, just a wiring issue

Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by Greg

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 →

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Why I don’t go into the water…bone-eating worms at whale fall

Posted on Monday, October 5, 2009 by Greg

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 →

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UPDATE: Cancelled! One Month Only: The $100 Psychic Challenge!

Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2009 by Greg

I have in my grubby little hands a slip of paper that could grant your favorite charitable organization $100. Last night, I did the somewhat unthinkable (or at least, unreasonable) for a self-avowed skeptic: I bought a Powerball ticket. I … Continue reading →

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Flacks exaggerate importance of medical research

Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 by Greg

I missed this earlier and, at the risk of getting myself into trouble, I’d like to say a few words. Ben Goldacre in The Guardian turned his eye toward a recent study about the quality of press releases from major … Continue reading →

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