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Robot Food

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Mmm, longpig.

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Top Science Myths

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Ok, so it isn’t actually a top 10, it’s a top 20, but I liked this list of the top myths (corrected by science.) Available via Live Science, vote for your favorites.

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Second to last

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Science blog pharyngula has yet another disturbing post regarding attitudes about evolution. The results of a new study, indicates that Americans are lagging far behind (second only to Turkey) the rest of the world in terms of sophistication about (i.e. acceptance of) the theory of evolution. The study suggests that in addition to being uneducated […]

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More on Benford’s Law

Friday, February 24, 2006

Essentially, Benford’s law predicts a certain distribution of numbers – violations of that distribution indicate fabricated data. Turns out Boing Boing had a post on this just a few weeks ago. The best treatment of it is on Wolfram’s Mathworld pages, which also has an extensive bibliography (always a plus.) I’m interested in studying applications […]

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Dangerous Science Experiments

Monday, February 20, 2006

For your viewing pleasure, here are some links to ‘dangerous’ science experiments. Fun with Liguid Nitrogen Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments The Young Man’s Book of Amusement United Nuclear’s Science Experiments Page Dangerous Laboratories

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