Science History

I’ve been putting the case for some months now, that evolutionary biology is in a deplorable state due to an uncritical acceptance of the unrealistic assumptions that lie at the heart of selfish gene…

Today an archaeologist revealed that even in ancient Israel they were making outstanding likenesses of Alexander the Great.   Israel was a far cry from his usual stomping grounds but he had…

The Voynich Manuscript Part 9 : An Amateur's Work? I am nearly ready to publish my results of a semantic (topical) analysis of the Voynich manuscript.  My programs have generated a wealth of…

We had this question posed to us in one of my classes. Here is my answer: Did the existence of nuclear weapons cause a dramatic change in the conduct of foreign policy or the options available to…

I have just read a letter in Chemistry World (September 2009, p40) by A J Dijkstra, who has just translated the first ever book on lipid chemistry from French into English. This book is Recherches…

Scientific happenings, big and small, on this day in history… But first, today’s quiz: What favorite American snack food was invented on this day by chef George “Speck” Crum in response to a picky…

The Voynich Manuscript Part 8 : Some Notes On Writing Systems Since I wrote Part 7 of this occasional series of articles about the Voynich manuscript I have been  heavily engaged in writing…

Ancient Egypt : Recommended Resources There are times when I find that anything I may write on a topic has already been written to a very high standard by someone before me.  In such cases, I…

This is not an article in my continuing series about the Voynich manuscript.  It is a complaint about plagiarism. buckrogers2012 is a plagiarist. buckrogers2012, a blogger on blogspot.com has…

When did executions go from being functional example-setting to being more humane in method? Annulla Linders, a University of Cincinnati sociologist, examined newspaper accounts of 19th and 20th…