Articles tagged with: scary
A new study published in Science hints at a connection between sleep (or lack thereof) and the development of Alzheimer’s disease. In both mice and humans, amyloid-beta peptide levels rose during waking hours, but then fell …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to put well established scientific evidence on trial:
Environmentalists say the chamber’s strategy is an attempt to sow political discord by challenging settled science — and note that in the …
Adam is a robot designed to carry out scientific experiments from beginning to end… and everything in between – literally. The whole process is run by Adam from
formulating hypotheses, designing and running experiments, analyzing …
This isn’t my new pet, rather it is a giant sea worm that was recently ‘found’ in a living reef exhibit at Newquay’s Blue Reef Aquarium in the UK. Seems the curator could not figure …
Want another reason why science literacy is not just important but as essential as being able to read and write?
The Texas Board of Education will vote this week on a new science curriculum designed to …
Time to go home… [Neatorama]
Pretty ridiculous. I’d have a couple in cuffs this semester…
A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she refused to stop texting during a high school math class. [slashdot]
A recent article by Britt E. Erickson in C&EN news, discusses the issue of having Melamine in infant formula. Melamine is an organic compound created in the 1930′s and has various uses such as making plastics, laminates, and …
CNN cut its science and technology news staff last week and The Weather Channel canceled their climate change program Forecast Earth during NBC’s ‘Green Week.’ (NBC purchased TWC this summer.) I honestly don’t know what …
Have at it!
If, as the ASA says, the public believes materials can be “100% chemical free,” the RSC will soon be inundated with examples from people wishing to claim the £1 million pound bounty announced …
C&EN had an interesting article yesterday about research that was conducted to determine the amount of corn found in fast food products, specifically french fries, chicken, and beef. The research covered McDonald’s, Burger King, and …
I’ve been hesitant to post anything political here, but I couldn’t resist in this case as it does reflect the anti-intellectualism displayed during the current ‘regime’ and what we can most likely expect if they …
Last Thursday the EPA strengthened its standards on lead pollution, updating the law that was 30 years old. “The new standards set the limits for exposure at 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter of air, down …
I know Dr. Kassel brought this up before, but I just heard it again on the news and I had to see what the story was. Republican nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin advocate teaching …
Is it a problem that 9 of the top 20 software titles for September (in terms of total sales) for PC’s are antivirus/antispyware? Or am I just being a smug, uh, non-windows user? And is …
A recent article on Yahoo!’s Green page caught my attention when it claimed that another study found that bottled water also contains contaminants. Bottled water has been a hot topic of conversation lately – whether …
I’m not sure what concerns me more, the actual reporting or the image of a nuclear power plant with radiation symbol being used for a story about a plume of fuming sulfuric acid released from …
