Category Archives: Science

Take that, Night Stalker! Of course moon hoaxers will just say it’s doctored, and to that I say, how do you know the moon even exists? Perhaps it’s a disc plastered on the crystal dome put around the earth by … Continue reading →

Today at work we’ve been having a bunch of technical issues – gmail wasn’t working for me, problems with various other equipment. I thought what I usually think when something weird happens – must be solar activity. Which is of … Continue reading →

Volcano eruption viewed from International Space Station

Elephants’ wings by PZ Myers, Pharyngula http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/05/elephants_wings.php Once upon a time, four blind men were walking in the forest, and they bumped into an elephant. Moe was in front, and found himself holding the trunk. “It has a tentacle,” he … Continue reading →

The science behind the role of oxidative stress in aging and neurodegenerative disorders and the modulation of oxidative stress by nutritional antioxidants is complex and has not yielded many confident therapeutic recommendations. And yet, by contrast, antioxidants are sold to … Continue reading →

…not only do so many people assume, now, that they are being misled; but more than that, the media themselves have lost all confidence in their own ability to give us the facts. A good quote from a good article … Continue reading →

from [here] Bill Nye… “The Science Guy,” managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun.  As … Continue reading →

Here’s an answer, courtesy Dr Ben Goldacre of badscience.net, to my quiz from yesterday: Egged on by a rather fanciful press release from the University media office, and a quote from a sociologist, the [news story which appeared in The … Continue reading →