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When I was a child I would watch anything to do with science fiction. I don’t now, but, well, I still lean in that direction. I watch very little major-network television, and don’t really want to get hooked on a new series, but if it’s science fiction, I ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Nov 4 2009 - 10:22am

To err is human; to explode, divine

Interesting article in Tuesday’s New York Times. Apparently, the Iraqi security forces have taken to using divining rods to search for explosives, against the advice of U.S. trainers and advisors. The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a s ...

Blog Post - Barry Leiba - Nov 7 2009 - 6:01am

Glioblastoma studies: Mice with Brain Tumors

In 1971, Richard Nixon signed a bill that launched the American “war on cancer.”   That war has sent millions of mice to their deaths. Survival has improved for some cancers; not so much for others. The War on Cancer is still on, and mice remain its consc ...

Blog Post - Larry Carbone - Nov 5 2009 - 1:42pm

Can apples have tramp stamps?

So, back in the 60's, I had a weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a "laser." Now this "laser"  is used ubiquitously for everything from medicine to technology to tattooing fruit. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 5 2009 - 2:12pm

Is AGW a religion?

Look what's happening in Britain!  I have just been reading a newspaper article:  Climate change belief given same legal status as religion   which starts: An executive has won the right to sue his employer on the basis that he was unfairly dismissed ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Nov 5 2009 - 3:28pm

Racial Bias May Prevent Patients From Receiving Life-Saving Transplants

In July 1999, Medicare began increasing coverage for people needing a simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplant in hopes of addressing racial and economic disparities that existed. But increased Medicare dollars have not translated into more access for Afric ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2009 - 2:37pm

Science Is Not Magic

I have to delay the Sunday Science Book Club and my discussion of Voyage of the Beagle until next week. In the mean time, I'm initiating the first Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Corner. Over the next few months, I'll share my experiences as I work throu ...

Article - Michael White - Nov 9 2009 - 8:59pm

"Octopusbillies" Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring, I Guess

Fascinating things can be learned from Google Search's drop-down menu. For example, if you type "squid", the suggested search items, in order, are: squidbillies squidoo squidbillies full episodes squid proxy squidbillies quotes Since three o ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Nov 9 2009 - 7:41pm

Natural Historians Get Their Own Facebook

After the successful introduction of myspace, facebook, twitter and however many other social networking sites that now exist, researchers at London's Natural History Museum have created a social networking tool called 'Scratchpads' just for ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2009 - 6:19pm

Cartoonifying Cephalopods

It's hard to make a good cartoon cephalopod, I guess. Yesterday I was disappointed about the Squidbillies. Tomorrow I may despair of Spongebob's pal Squidward. Today, I sigh over Nemo's little octopus friend Pearl. I was profoundly impressed ...

Article - Danna Staaf - Jul 21 2012 - 10:48am