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Does the Full Moon Really Make People Crazy? [Mad Science]Tonight is the full moon, and according to several scientific studies that means you're far more likely to be the victim of a crime or creamed in an accident. I'd always assumed it was an urban legend that the full … Also tagged: crime, science, top, psychology, urban legend, full moon, mad science |
So there's a spooky "floating light" that shows up on CCTV footage from a pub in York, and apparently nobody can figure it out. Even the "expert" who installed the cameras is spooked by the weird blob that moves across …
Also tagged: ghosts caught on tape
For every scientific breakthrough, you can expect a new branch pseudo-science that will mirror genuine science in some distorted way. In the nineteeth century, the young branch of engineering that spawned electrical …
You're looking a deadly virus right in the face, but it's not a new work of microscopy or nano-imaging. Instead, it's a giant model made by Minnesota artist Aliston Hiltner. To confront us with the strange beauty of …
Also tagged: art, science, viruses, pathogens, science art, artificial organs, supervillains
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - Apr 12, 2008
Watching "Amnesia Curiosa" inspires an off-kilter state of mind. The performance group rainpan 43 creates a droll, deadpan scientific mood that makes the audience happy to be served banana slices on toothpicks while …
telegraph.co.uk » blogs.telegraph.co.uk blog listings. - Apr 9, 2008
In the Guardian of the belief: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/07/climatechange.carbonemissions Looking in a mirror... Lindzen was right and I'm a schmuck... just like the people who believe me. In …
Also tagged: harry potter, sci fi, toast, liars, psychics, profiteers
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Apr 7, 2008
Not for the first time on this blog, I'd like to salute Charlie Brooker, who in this week's instalment of his Guardian column trains his sights on Brain Gym – a series of exercises said to make children perform better …
Also tagged: science, the guardian, charlie brooker, brain gym
newhumanist.org.uk » New Humanist Blog - Nov 30, 2007
In seeking items to post on this blog I come across a lot of nonsense (I'm not saying this is a bad thing), and today is no different. I'm not sure how I've managed in the past without knowing what a "demonologist" is …
Also tagged: demons, very silly things
scienceblogs.com » ScienceBlogs Channel : Medicine & Health - Oct 10, 2007
Time magazine takes aim at yoga. And a lot of people ain't going to like what reporter Pamela Paul concludes: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
scienceblogs.com » The Island of Doubt - Oct 9, 2007
Time magazine takes aim at yoga. And a lot of people ain't going to like what reporter Pamela Paul concludes: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...