Addicted to Oil

Addicted to Oil

It's a phrase that is commonly used to describe a stubborn reluctance to seriously explore alternatives.  There are many arguments, mostly economic, as to why this should be, but mostly it's due…
Schrodinger’s cat survived

Schrodinger’s cat survived

Schrodinger’s cat survived the experiment but his new abilities were entirely unexpected. I just had to share this. see more Lolcats and funny pictures
News From The Third World Of Research - Italy

News From The Third World Of Research - Italy

After two years spent saying that Italy has a strong economy and is doing better than the rest of Europe, and strongly criticizing whomever tried to warn that the economical crisis was not over yet,…
Guess Fake Physics Papers

Guess Fake Physics Papers

I just received by Matin Durrani, editor of Physics World, a link to a fun game, and thought I'd give it a try. The game consists in guessing which among two titles of physics papers is right, and…
567359

567359

Before he was House on the TV series named ... "House" ... Hugh Laurie was a comedian; you know, one of those smug types UK people love, except he was actually funny.    In this clip, he…
The Emic and the Etic in Cross-Cultural Research

The Emic and the Etic in Cross-Cultural Research

Occasionally, as a mother of three on the spectrum and an active autism-related blogger, I need a break from all things autism. Just as the psychology of religion is one of my areas of interest, so…
Solenodon

Solenodon

The Solenodon, 76-million-year-old badass of the natural world, must be saved So says Lucy Jones, the Telegraph's Culture Blogs Editor, who normally writes about popular culture and aesthetics,…
Swing It!

Swing It!

Just a quickie today, I may be working to turn the ionosphere into the world's biggest musical instrument, but a fellow named Tristan has done a music hack that makes any song swing. The Swinger is a…
A Global Warming Scam Exposed

A Global Warming Scam Exposed

A Global Warming Scam Exposed A favorite trick of scammers is to pick a phrase that is widely used and then use it to draw in site visits via Google searches for that phrase.1 If you search for "…
Psychrolinguistics

Psychrolinguistics

Psychrolinguistics I was going to title this 'cryolinguistics', but someone else already invented the term.   You have to admire the linguistic skills of anyone who can come up with a…
Wonder Weeds

Wonder Weeds

Instead of blogging, I've been gardening (for a living) and cultivating a scientific interest in weeds. I hadn't given much thought to weed science as a separate field of Crop and Soil…
Are Clouds The Main Cause Of Climate Change?

Are Clouds The Main Cause Of Climate Change?

Two weeks ago, I interviewed Dr. Roy Spencer from the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Spencer is a trained atmospheric scientist and actively publishes in peer-reviewed journals –  he is also…