Science as a way of life
I am working on some very smart things to say here. Really. Meanwhile, there's this and this. Welcome.
May 30, 2007
Category: Creative commons
A name is a mark of existence: past, present or future, real or imagined. People, places, things, non-things, every conceivable entity in this universe has a name. You may even say something is conceivable because it has a name. No...
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Category: Prime Stream
What does it mean to be scientifically literate in the 21st century? How do we measure the scientific literacy of a society? How do we boost it? What is the value of this literacy? Who is responsible for fostering it?...
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May 29, 2007
Category: Prime Stream
I mean, literally. A recent APOD image shows a football ground size hole in Mars. Quite possibly, the spots are entrances to deep underground caves capable of protecting Martian life, were it to exist... Such holes and underground caves might...
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May 25, 2007
Category: Creative commons
I am having lunch with a couple of Italian colleagues in Milan. They speak of politics and religion - mostly in Italian. I look from face to face gathering clues about the subject matter, all the while killing pasta with...
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May 24, 2007
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Category error knows no boundaries. Well, that's why it is called a category error, I hear you say. Wait. Lend me your eyeballs for a minute and I'll show you what I mean: A category error that crosses continents and...
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No homeopathetic cure. No idiotic dilutions and molecular memories bullshit. This is healing water. For real. The key ingredient of the water, called Microcyn, are oxychlorine ions - electrically charged molecules which pierce the cell walls of free-living microbes. The...
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May 22, 2007
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If it is in a supermarket in the UK, here's all the rotten details from an undercover scoop by BBC. This isn't new. Those in the US have grown up with the likes of Walmart and McDonald's for years. Compared...
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May 21, 2007
Category: Creative commons
The past two days I've been dipping into Other People's Trades, a collection of essays by Primo Levi. Translated by Raymond Rosenthal and published in 1989, Anita Brookner called it 'The noblest book of the year'. Sadly, amazon informs us...
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The Scene: A human is fending off a group of pathogenic bacteria. Human: Hey you, bacteria, don't come near me. I've got a badass virus with me. Bacteria: Oh, yeah? Human: It is so bad, man! You try me and...
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May 18, 2007
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Have you wondered if the subtle and not so subtle differences in the way people, say from India and USA, conduct themselves? Differences in facial expressions, walking, use of emoticons in writing... I have wondered often. Cultural influences contribute to...
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