The Whole Foods Deception

The Whole Foods Deception

It's ironic that a subset of people inclined to believe that ordinary farmers and the companies that supply them are built on an elaborate corporate conspiracy willingly suspend all logic and sense…
Asperger Love: Loveless Or Unloved Lovers

Asperger Love: Loveless Or Unloved Lovers

In time for Autistic Pride Day 18 June:     Why do people congratulate somebody? Asperger’s sufferers often do not understand this. I asked myself:   “I’ve won the lottery, so why…
Why I Am Rooting For Lubos

Why I Am Rooting For Lubos

With still three months to go and 663 teams participating, the Higgs challenge has not even entered a hot phase yet, and still there is a lot to watch in the leaderboard at the kaggle site.In the…
Climate Change Has Had Antarctic Winners Too

Climate Change Has Had Antarctic Winners Too

Throughout Earth's geological history, there have been numerous warming and cooling phases. The last Ice Age only ended 11-12,000 years ago The Antarctic Peninsula, the northern most region of…
Father's Day Science Project: Build A Trebuchet

Father's Day Science Project: Build A Trebuchet

The Advanced Wonder Excitement Surprise Original Mechatronic Excellence lab is usually devoted to robot design but recently they took a break to go old school.  How old school? The 13th century,…
Nurses Can Help Prevent Anti-Vaccination Beliefs

Nurses Can Help Prevent Anti-Vaccination Beliefs

In US states that strongly embrace myriad anti-science beliefs, like California, Washington and New York, dangerous preventable diseases like Whooping Cough have come roaring back after a long hiatus…
The Dangers Of Data Mining

The Dangers Of Data Mining

On my first day at the Erice School of Science Journalism this past week I attended a lecture by Alessio Cimarelli, who discussed "When Data Journalism meets Science: a "Hackathon"". The speaker (who…
NASA Recreates The Atmospheric Soup Of Titan

NASA Recreates The Atmospheric Soup Of Titan

Titan, the most famous moon around Saturn, has an atmosphere that is a brownish-orange haze. The dirty color comes from a mixture of hydrocarbons, molecules that contain hydrogen and carbon, and…