If Leonardo Da Vinci were to sketch CERN’s Large Hadron Collider…
… You’d get this: By Sergio Cittolin (CERN research physicist), via Kottke. —
Read articleThe Higgs Boson Walks into a Church…
First: this. “Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson.” (Also note…
Read article“Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.”
Love this quote, and so I had to quickly make a little graphic for it. Image from NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona (source link). Font: Helvetica bold. —
Read articleOn Radiohead, genetics, and bringing up children.
(This is the type of Father’s Day certificate you get when you’ve been playing too much Radiohead.) – – – Lately, I’ve been listening to a…
Read articleThe Moon Hoax of 1836: in which we see that science has always been misrepresented.
This is really quite something. Both the narrative of the hoax, as well as these awesome illustrations. I can totally see some parallels with how folks…
Read articleCoral Reef Deck for Phylomon Project now available as a free pdf download.
Sponsored by the fine folks over at the World Science Festival, I must say that this deck looks awesome! Go here for details on the deck…
Read article“Science: It’s a girl thing.” #facepalm #sciencegirlthing
Well, the science twitter sphere is all the buzz with the below video recently released by the European Commission to attract more females into science. Female…
Read articleNovartis and “evergreening.” Sneaky way to extend an old drug patent. Kind of (literally) a killer move in the developing world.
In short: Novartis wants to allow “evergreening” in India. This is an IP trick that allows a drug patent, about to expire, a pseudo extension due…
Read articleRatib Islam – Alternative Medicine: Challenging the Language of Insulation – TEDxTerryTalks2011
Ratib Islam provides a measured look at the rhetoric of alternative medicines, and explores its lack of distinction between evidence based and non evidence based claims.…
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