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Thursday, August 25th, 2011Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
There’s a phrase given to us by the venerable computer game called Adventure, which fits many situations. The game, in which one explores caverns, searches for treasures, and solves puzzles to obtain the treasures and bring them back to the surface, contains two mazes.
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
One time on a dreary (particularly dreary- 300 of them a year are rather so) Seattle afternoon I was approached by a hobo(1) so I gave him some money and asked him, since he clearly had no place better to be, “Just curious, but if you are going to be homeless, why Seattle? Why not pick some place like San Diego where the weather is good? This has to be miserable for you.”
His reply; “I have family here.”
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Humans have used parachutes for nearly a century — yet never once have they been subjected to a randomized, double-blind controlled trial. For decades now, you and I have been the victims of a vast corporate conspiracy to convince us these unproven devices actually work. That, at least, is the conclusion of this wickedly tongue-in-cheek spoof in the BMJ from 2003 (see http://www.bmj.com/content/327/7429/1459.full ). It’s behind a paywall, unfortunately, but I’ve reprinted some of the best parts here for your delight and edification.
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
I am back from attending the February-scheduled ongoings of the International Year of Chemistry, IYC 2011, as all the chemists and chemical educators are preparing the usual science stuff——– presentations, seminars, workshops, industrial visits and even short films.
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Yesterday I attended the 48th episode of Boskone, a science fiction literature convention held in Boston. I found that Boskone was not just about books however, illuminating me with discussion panels such as “The Five Definitive Criteria By Which SF Cinema Is to Be Judged.”
The panel consisted of Esther Friesner, Craig Shaw Gardner (lord of obscure SF movies), Ginjer Buchanan, and Bruce Coville.
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
I assumed this was digital enhancement at first, but no, those family members holding cameras in their kitchen are real.
Watch and learn how Cuban babies break it down.
Friday, October 24th, 2008
It’s not often you can boil down complicated abstract ideas of science or culture into simple concepts everyone can understand. Gems like “for every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction” don’t come along every day. But every time someone asks me what science is like I simply say “You’ve seen The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. It’s like that” and they nod knowingly.
What? You haven’t seen it? Read on my friends. In a few key phrases you will know everything you need to know. Science wisdom, as distilled by quotes from one of the greatest science films of all time (and it’s fun for Halloween too) – The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra.
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
I’m taking a moment away from crafting “Journey To The Center Of The Uterus”, my opus on reproduction and culture, to discuss something of equal import – namely, orgasms.
It will shock you to know this, but nearly 50% of British women don’t have orgasms. Are they frigid? No, not at all, as my 1999 layover at Heathrow can attest. Science funding is the issue, as we shall see.
As we have discussed in articles like Science Wants To Give You Better Orgasms and Would Female Orgasms Kill Men?, (1) orgasms are tricky business but scientists know what they are doing. Fewer scientists means fewer orgasms. Britain is in the throes of a science funding meltdown so the problem for British women will only get worse. With fewer scientists there can be fewer studies on important stuff like this.
What are we talking about?
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Presidente del Gobierno Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain said the Spanish Republic has decided to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by revoking Mexican independence:
“It has always been a common misperception that the 5th of May is a celebration of Mexican independence from Spain. This is not correct, is is actually a celebration of victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, but we know that no one can really be proud of defeating the French so the mistake is understandable. In truth, we never agreed to Mexican independence anyway so we are simply revoking it.”
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