Not many years ago most Republican leaders accepted the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, as this video reminds us: Link: http://youtu.be/ckxLgsUQmHg It’s remarkable that the GOP has shifted so far so fast under pressure from the extremists who tend … Continue reading
This is just weird. Following is the summary of an article published in the May 2 issue of the journal Science: Scientists have found that rodents feel 36% less pain when a male researcher is in the room versus a … Continue reading
(Updated) Today’s XKCD has a rather disturbing graphic showing the total mass of land mammals on Earth divided into humans, our pets and livestock, and everything else. There’s not much of everything else. As the Explain XKCD site points out … Continue reading
Dr Aaron Carroll replies to a question about one of those chain emails claiming the HPV vaccine is ineffective and harmful and sets the record straight: Link: http://youtu.be/nJqderdey_I In brief, the email claims that one of the researchers behind the … Continue reading
A prototype supermarine that allows adventurous fish to explore dry land: Link: http://youtu.be/YbNmL6hSNKw The obvious problem with this model is something called the “free surface effect” in the nautical field. Any naval or merchant marine officer can tell you that … Continue reading
A mix of strange, interesting, and funny: Link: http://youtu.be/M419D6LsqZU The alcohol experiment should have been done with vodka. Maybe this guy has been away from Russia too long. by … Continue reading
It was about 11 degrees Fahrenheit (-12 Celsius) when I got up yesterday morning, and it was not much warmer when I dropped off my car for service and walked to my office building. It reminded me a little of … Continue reading
Playing video games may improve your eyesight and some aspects of thinking, even enlarging parts of the brain: Link: http://youtu.be/OOsqkQytHOs This reminds me of something I read many years ago. Men typically do better than women in tests of spacial … Continue reading
As Dr. Aaron E. Carroll explains, Poinsettias aren’t actually poisonous None of those miracle hangover cures really works Suicides do not increase around the holidays Most body heat is not lost through the head Eating at night doesn’t make you … Continue reading
A psychological experiment from the 1970s studied how attached young children are to their mothers (a lot), and more recently British researchers repeated it with pet dogs and cats. Once again, the results weren’t surprising. The report does oversimplify one … Continue reading