The microbiology of double-dipping
The science of Seinfeld: does double-dipping a chip really contaminate the chip dip?Posted on January 31, 2008 8:30 AM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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This would be funnier if people didn't actually believe it... (via Orac)....Posted on January 11, 2008 11:00 AM • 144 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Reporting on the Creation Museum...it all makes sense now
As a native Ohioan and longtime creationist watcher, of course I'm morbidly fascinated with (and dismayed by) the opening of the new Creation Museum just outside of Cincinnati. I'm not going to give a full response to its ridiculous "science;"...Posted on May 30, 2007 11:15 AM • 33 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In honor of Valentine's day...
...some vintage posters raising awareness about the other VD: venereal disease. (Click on them to go to the original site). A few more highlights below the fold......Posted on February 14, 2007 10:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
For the *real* Star Wars nerds...
An essential piece of trivia: what bacterium was named after a George Lucas invention? An investigator discovers a new bacterium that lives in the mitochondria in tick ova. Can you guess what Star Wars organisms they're named after?...Posted on January 22, 2007 3:00 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Friday Kooky Komment
My poor, neglected blog. These last few weeks have been killer workwise; I still have another post in the wings in pandemic influenza that might have to wait until next week (unofficially extending pandemic flu awareness week), and I have...Posted on October 13, 2006 1:45 PM • 170 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Darwin, the musical
From NPR's Weekend Edition comes The Origin of Species song by Chris Smither (right around the 7:00 mark)....Posted on September 18, 2006 2:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Marry me, John Hodgman
Okay, so you've probably seen this guy on the new Mac commercials. He's the one who plays the PC, the nerdy guy with glasses. He's also a contributor to the Daily Show, where he first appeared to talk about his...Posted on September 15, 2006 3:15 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The great ScienceBlogger Nerd-off
So, Janet's thrown down the gauntlet, noting that "the time has come to see just how high those geek flags fly." She's already collected a bunch of them here, so for my own, I'll submit a few anecdotes. First, admittedly,...Posted on September 7, 2006 8:30 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hug Jesus, or get diseases
I swear, it's so hard to tell sometimes what's sincere and what's parody. There's some really good stuff, like the classic Landover Baptist or WinAce's organisms that look designed. There's the sincere-but-looks-like-a-parody, like Dr. Dino or Answers in Genesis. Then...Posted on September 6, 2006 11:00 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I was never the prom queen type, anyway
So, the buzz on ScienceBlogs today is science blogger hot or not. It cracks me up that a few people have mentioned me and thanks y'all, but I was always more comfortable with my identity as a quiz bowl nerd...Posted on September 5, 2006 9:15 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Baaaa baaaa
Peer pressure is a terrible thing. See Steinn's, Bora's, and the instigator's, Josh's, and make your own here....Posted on September 1, 2006 7:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The real Pluto controversy
Yeah, yeah, so a bunch of astronomers and stuff are arguing about whether Pluto is a planet or not. But Kevin over at Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge gives the low-down on the real Pluto controversy....Posted on August 28, 2006 9:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Must be a slow news day
Workers at candy company see form of Virgin Mary in chocolate:...Posted on August 18, 2006 7:15 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Waitress does the mathematically impossible; IDers called in to investigate
So, msnbc has a story about a waitress who was given her own--previously stolen--driver's license from a customer who was trying to prove she was 21. The 22-year-old waitress, whose name was not released, called police last week and said...Posted on August 1, 2006 2:30 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Iowa solves the fuel crisis
It ain't ethanol......Posted on July 28, 2006 2:05 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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