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Revenge of the Boring Man
koshersalaamiMy wife, when having trouble sleeping, would sometimes ask me to tell her about the overtone series.Science Guy Bill Nye’s Views on GMO Foods Challenged
Nick NgBill Nye, The Science Guy, was recently challenged to a public debate to back up his claims about GMO foods in his new book, Undeniable. Dr. Kevin Folta,Chairman of the Horticultural …Perspective
koshersalaamiSaturn is quite a bit dimmer than Jupiter is, even though Saturn isn’t all that much smaller. It is, however, roughly twice as far from Earth as Jupiter is. That’s …Mission Unthinkable
BiteyFrankly, I thought that if China got there first, they’d just have bragging right for saving the planet.Study Finds Half of World’s Beaches Will Disappear by 2100
johnnyrobishStudy Finds Half of World’s Beaches Will Disappear by 2100A new mass extinction…!
Ron PowellWho among us knew that there were at least five extinctions that set and reset the table for human beings to come into existence and 'dominate' life on the planet?Early Oceans From Meteorites
Michael SchultheissEarth’s vast oceans may owe their genesis to water-bearing meteorites that bombarded the planet in its infancy, according to a new study published in Science. The research team found a …Dispatch from Flyover Country
BiteyThen, early this morning, 4:15, 2 Oct 2020, I looked to my favorite constellation, Orion.Strange Tidings: Salt Water’s Not Salty, Fresh Water’s Not Fresh
Alan MilnerSalt. Everyone needs it. Some people spend their lives trying to avoid it. The ocean is running out of it.Piano Magic Tricks
koshersalaamiThese tricks will work on an acoustic piano. If you hold down a key gently enough for the note not to sound and hit the right other key sharply, a …More Planets Discovered Far Outside Milky Way
Mark CampbellScientists from the University of Oklahoma have discovered planets outside of the Milky Way galaxy, the first time that any research lab has found the celestial bodies outside of our …History Buff Finds Ships that Sank in 1878 in Lake Michigan
johnnyrobishA satirical look at current events and politics!65 Degrees
koshersalaamiThis is what it looks like at my house. Maybe I should go somewhere warm.Dinosaur Feathers Evolved for Display
Michael SchultheissImage of Rupicola peruviana by Bill Bouton (CC) Long before birds flocked to the skies, a number of dinosaurs sported various types of feathers, ranging from simple filaments to more complex pennaceous …Diet Helps Bees Resist Pesticides
Michael SchultheissPhoto of honey bee by Jon Sullivan (PD) With the right diet, honey bees can better resist pesticides, according to a new study published in the Journal of Insect Physiology. …Biologists Clash Over the Idea That Plants Are Conscious
johnnyrobishBy Johnny RobishMilky Way to Be Devoured by Another Galaxy….Someday
Alan MilnerNumerous websites are now reporting that the Andomeda cluster, a galactic neighbor of ours, s on a collision course with our own Milky Way galaxy and that the Earth will …Canadian Company Plans to Make Fossil Fuels from CO2?
Alan MilnerThis is another example of Google News shilling for questionable news articles because the Forbes article about Carbon Engineering (see below) makes absolutely no sense to me.Scientists Release Highest Resolution Images of the Sun Ever Taken
johnnyrobishScientists Release Highest Resolution Images of the Sun Ever TakenAsteroid to Make Close Pass by Earth
Mark CampbellAstronomers, scientists and amateur star-gazers will get a rare opportunity to see an asteroid up close this week when a giant asteroid flies very close to Earth on Monday, Jan. …New Research Shows Crocodiles Were Once Vegetarians
johnnyrobishBY JOHNNY ROBISHStudy Identifies Largest Flying Creature That Ever Lived
johnnyrobishA satirical look at current events and politics!Tropical Storm Karen Forms in the Atlantic
johnnyrobishA satirical look at current events and politics!Jon’s Open call on books #1
koshersalaamiOne of the biggest ideas I got out of it is that we shouldn't expect our lives to resemble those of our parents when we get to their age because …White Women, Black Women, Breast Cancer
Jonathan WolfmanAn Awful IronyWhy Trees are Not the Answer to Climate Change
Alan MilnerEvery few days, another article pops up somewhere extolling the virtues of "reforestation" as the solution to the climate crisis. One article, published on Ecowatch on July 5, 2019, proclaims …Humanity is Facing a Future of Fire or Ice
Alan MilnerGoogle News is currently featuring an article on a website called phys.org/news from Trinity College, Dublin, which is credited as the author of the article, with the following headline:"Scientists show …Free Tilly: Killer Whales in Captivity are No Laughing Matter
Mark CampbellImagine a grey wolf lounging in Yellowstone National Park. Around him are his pack-mates who are looking for prey, while their elder looks on. A deer walks into view and …Armageddon Again: ESA Comet Mission Run Down
Howard HeinhertzThe European Space Agency’s unmanned Rosetta spacecraft will rendezvous with the 2.5 mile diameter Churyumov-Gerasimenk comet on November 12 in an attempt to drop a robotic landing craft on the …Bee Health Crisis Spreads to the Wild Bumble
Howard HeinhertzBee health crisis warnings are growing as the condition known as “Colony Collapse Disorder” has started to spread from the domesticated honey bee population to the wild bumble bee …Complex Cells Evolved Inside-Out
Michael SchultheissImage of slime mold by Lawrence Durell Wade The evolution of complex cells may have taken place through a kind of “inside-out” process, according to a new theory put forward …New Techniques for Mass Producing Nanobodies
Michael SchultheissA new technique has been developed for mass-producing nanobodies, special molecules derived from antibodies. The discovery is significant because antibodies are extremely important in biotechnology, where they serve a wide …Prehistoric Alaskan Burials Found
Michael SchultheissA pair of prehistoric infant burials found at a site in central Alaska is helping archaeologists to better understand how the early inhabitants of the region laid their dead to rest. The …Plants Rebound by Duplicating Genomes
Michael SchultheissSome plants are capable of rebounding after suffering damage, and new evidence indicates they do it by duplicating their entire genomes. Although scientists have long known that the vast majority …Kilauea eruptions being compared to 1955 event
Howard HeinhertzIt's been one week since the start of new eruptions at Kilauea's east rift zone that destroyed dozens of homes and prompted the evacuations of thousands, but scientists say there's …Men May Perform Better When Women Are Watching
Nick NgMen may perform better when women are watching, or at least that is one of the conclusions drawn from some recent research.For example, when guys are pumping iron at the …“Prehistoric” Shark Not as Rare As Reports Claim
Mark CampbellImagine thinking you have hooked onto a good-sized sea perch and pulling in something that looks like, well, the creature that bursts out of Warrant Officer Kane’s chest in the …Asteroid Brings Its Own Moon With It
Mark CampbellLast week, Bindlesnitch reported that a giant asteroid would pass close to the Earth this week. As expected, it did, and it brought a guest along with it – a small …Mexico Leading Climate Change Crusade In Developing World
Howard HeinhertzMexico made history last week when it committed to unconditional cuts in carbon emissions, a move that could lead developing nations in the fight against global warming. Mexico, one of …Saturn Moon Deep-Ocean Vents May Harbor Life
Howard HeinhertzSaturn’s icy moon Enceladus exhibits signs of lifesupporting hydrothermal activity which may resemble that seen in the deep oceans on Earth, scientists say. Hydrothermal activity occurs when seawater infiltrates and …Arctic Sea Ice Now at Lowest Recorded Levels
Howard HeinhertzArctic sea ice reached its lowest winter point ever recorded, US data has shown, raising concerns about faster ice melt and rising seas due to global warming. Data released by …Revamped Large Hadron Collider Back Online Again
Howard HeinhertzIt could change physics forever. The revamped Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is due to be restarted after a two-year hiatus. Described in Business Insider as a “monstrous underground atom smasher,” …Philae Spacecraft Calls Home From Comet 67P
Mark CampbellIn an exciting new development, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on their Rosetta blog that its probe Philae, the first spacecraft to land on a comet, has come out of hibernation seven …Publisher Retracts More Than 40 Shady Science Papers
Nick NgBioMed Central, a major publisher of scientific journals in Great Britain, reports they have retracted 43 research papers that were published on the basis of “fabricated” peer-reviews. BioMed's Research Integrity …NASA Discovers Liquid Water on Mars
Howard HeinhertzNASA has announced that liquid water has been found on the red planet Mars. In the past it was known that water existed on Mars in the form of ice, but …Worldwide Rainfall Increases Also Rain Harder
Mark CampbellAs the climate heats up, the forecast is also calling for more rain. Think downpours. Cats and dogs. Or just “extreme rain,” as the scientists call it. The overall rain and snowfall average is increasing …Earthquakes Aren’t Affected by Phases of Moon, Time of Year
Howard HeinhertzResearchers have debunked a long enduring belief related to earthquakes, namely that they are influenced by the moon or the time of year in some way, according to a recent …Listen to This Orca Saying ‘Hello’ and “Good-bye.’
Mark CampbellScientists are finding the Killer Whales are able to emulate the speech patterns of their trainers, including making noises that sound like they are saying such things as "hello" and …New 3D printing method replicates living tissues
Howard HeinhertzBritish researchers have developed a new 3D printing technique that prints images on cells and molecules you'd normally find in living tissue, creating samples that behave largely as they would …New Issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine Explains Everything
johnnyrobishNew Issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine Explains EverythingNew Study Links Long Droughts to Higher Suicide Rates
johnnyrobishNew Study Links Long Droughts to Higher Suicide RatesNew Study Finds Asteroid Impact – Not Volcanoes Wiped Out Dinosaurs
johnnyrobishNew Study Finds Asteroid Impact and Not Volcanoes Wiped Out Dinosaurs
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