Did you catch the news not too long ago about the discovery of a new form of life? Back, just …Click to read more…
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Detecting Bullshit
GrrlScientist has a good pointer in her Guardian blog entitled “Baloney Detection Kit”, and yes, the title is a heck …Click to read more…
Seeing visions: Science’s annual visual challenge – in pictures
Each year, Science Magazine and the National Science Foundation host the International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. They have now …Click to read more…
Neutrinos and Light-speed – some skeptical thoughts
I’m sure you are by now all familiar with the news, but just in case not, lets start with quick …Click to read more…
Claim: “Six Scientists go on trial next week for failure to predict earthquake” – not quite correct.
Some utter insanity has apparently broken out in Italy. The BBC Newsnight page reports that seven scientists are, in a …Click to read more…
creating “Inorganic life” – first tentative steps have now been taken
Now this is interesting, really interesting … lets start with five key bullet points … Scientists at the University of …Click to read more…
Bot tricks people into thinking it is human – Artifical Intelligence at last? Nope, I’m skeptical
I’ve tripped over an interesting little snippet in New Scientist where there is a claim that some software called Cleverbot …Click to read more…
The Diamond Planet
Now this is cool … University of Manchester astronomers think they’ve found a once-massive star that’s been transformed into a small …Click to read more…
New branches on the tree of life
Now this is simply fascinating to me, and hopefully to you as well. Venter, Eisen and colleagues report in the …Click to read more…
Beautiful science
The BBC has an Audio slide show you might like to check out. Colourful and visually stunning – but also …Click to read more…
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