Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Welcome to the enchanting spectacle that is the Giant’s Shoulders #5 at Podblack Blog! Inspired by classic science papers, this star-studded show presents its magic for both your entertainment and education. So, roll up, roll up – and be dazzled by these conjurers of science blogging! 1800s – patenting of the Bird Cage Illusion by [...]
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Ah, I adore E, my regular commentator under many guises. And deliverer of LolCat goodness! Anyway, after E sent me an article today on superstitious beliefs amongst politicians, I countered with the blog entry I wrote a while back on the issue – Political Punditry On McCain’s Magical Thinking: The notion of ‘magical thinking‘ has [...]
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Watch the video: Now read the blog entry on ‘Not Exactly Rocket Science’! Running Lizards do Wheelies! Christofer Clemente from the University of Cambridge a team has the answer – it’s just a fluke of physics. Together with a team from Western Australia, Clemente filmed 16 species of Australian dragon lizards running on a treadmill. [...]
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A lot of attention has been given to the recent win of Shivani Sud, a young woman of Indian heritage who took first prize in the Intel Science Talent Search (formerly the Westinghouse Science Talent Search). It led me to reflect upon an article by Freakonomics in the NY Times, which touches upon some recent [...]
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After a lovely, timely reminder by Orac about the Skeptic’s Circle carnival which is soon out (poor frosty Orac… he has snow whilst I have a suntan… gorgeous weather here in Australia! :p ) I have already done a quick mass email around and there are some great entries in; I will remind people to [...]
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Earlier this month, a troll commentator banned from the blog of Pharyngula decided to criticize a little verse posted by Digital Cuttlefish. DC is, as you may have read before, a Scienceblog Molly award winner and extraordinary poet, who is prominently featured in the ‘The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs 2007′. The [...]
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Okay, seems I’m getting a reputation for quirky animal-related stories! A while back I posted on a message-board about a news item on glow-in-the-dark cats, which I must admit I thought was rather interesting: A team of scientists led by Kong Il-keun, a cloning expert at Gyeongsang National University, produced three cats possessing altered fluorescence [...]
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