My apologies, Kim...

I was outside the target demographic of this dance (though I can moonwalk like no one's business) but if I were going to pick up a retro dance, this would be a cool one.

I've always hated Zicam, because of it's ridiculous claim to be a homeopathic remedy, when the mechanism of action of zinc gluconate (the active ingredient) has nothing whatsoever to do with the…

As some of you already know, I've been sharpening my sports nutrition skills.  With that, I figured I would share with you guys some tips that I think would help you guys out.   This first…

Given the thousands of years of modern human history, all the brilliant minds that have popped up in science during that time, and especially advances in the last half century or so in computers, how…

The Brain's Linguistic Auto-Pilot We tend to be not very good at proof-reading and 'proof-hearing' our own words.  It takes mental training and a great deal of concentration even to proof-read…

Science grows through accretion, but becomes potent through distillation. - James P. Sethna, Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity

Open Source For New Hydrogen Powered Car A new hydrogen powered car unveiled in the UK is to be developed using open source methods.The Riversimple Urban car was unveiled in public for the first time…

Now online, PNAS has a special evolution issue, based on a talks given at a conference, with pieces by Daniel Dennett, Francisco J. Ayala, Michael Ruse, Elliot Sober, and more. Some of the titles: "…

From the Rugbyologist's blog:  St. Louis Hero Needed There is a 14 month old child in St. Louis in desperate need of an AB negative blood donor. Hospitals in St. Louis are in desperate need of…

I largely agree with this (subscription required for full text): The media not only influence public perceptions but also shape and reflect the policy debate. Few decisions are made by policymakers…

Random Noise #16 : Dangerous Knowledge ... holding the paper with one hand, and jumping up and down as she works the pumping-handle with the other, she pushes dynamite down the tube till the paper…

Christine Baranski with BLoggy

A possible breakthrough in understanding of cancer pain has been announced. A group at Heidelberg University, led by Prof Dr Rohini Kuner, has just published an article in Nature Medicine entitled…

The Bookworm And The Encyclopedias A simple math puzzle. A set of 10 encyclopedias is sitting on a bookshelf in left-to-right numerical order. Each single volume contains 1,000 pages.  …

The Silent Ape : On The Origins Of Language This article is a highly speculative account of how our distant ancestors evolved the capacity for speech, together with the evolved capacities that would…

The Brightest Candles #2The brightest candles are the people whose light remains long after they are gone. Imagine all the peopleliving life in peaceyou may say I'm a dreamerbut I'm not the only oneI…

New Hominid Discovered :  Anoiapithecus brevirostris Edit: were you looking for - New Hominid discovered in Denisova Cave? New Hominid Discovered :  Anoiapithecus brevirostris A study…

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Each individual decision along the way seemed rational at the time, but the result was insane. - Former Secretary of State Robert McNamara on the development of the nuclear arms race, interview with…