Science
Science Toys You Can Make At Home
-home Science Toys Make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles. Hours and hours of fun just _reading_ about what …
Nature Is Beautiful
Atmospheric Optics Very beautiful photographs and explanations of optical effects in nature. I never knew there was a “fogbow”
Stem cell research breakthrough -- in Korea
WorldNetDaily: Paraplegic breakthrough using adult stem cells This is truly great news and will be even better if it holds up to peer review and brings about additional breakthroughs. It is proof …
Scientists Re Invent Nature
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Butterfly wings work like LEDs When scientists developed an efficient device for emitting light, they hadn’t realised butterflies have been using the same method for …
New Photos Of Wonders Of The Universe
Hubble & Spitzer Space Telescopes on Yahoo! News Photos Beautiful, wonderous, cool stuff. This undated infrared image captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, released by NASA on …
Study: Correlation between more sex and more happiness
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. - Sex And Happiness: What’s The Connection? If I had to choose, I’d choose more sex over wealth even before reading about this study :-) In a …
Everything You Wanted To Know And More On Teleportation
Teleportation – Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article Teleportation, or teletransportation, is the process of moving objects (or more likely with present techniques, (A particle that is less …
Great Site On Bayesian Statistics
This site has a great overview of Bayesian statistics (the basis for bogofilter , why my email is still useful). Also look for information on common misinterpretations of statistics and statistical …
Ld50 Of H20
This calculator for the lethal dose (toxicity) for caffeine reminded me that even water has an LD50 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD50 Intraperitoneal Mouse LD50 (for water): 190 g/kg Intravenous …
New Research Cats Can'T Taste Sweets
Very interesting. Genetic flaw leaves felines without sweet tooth Now, there’s a scientific theory explaining, at least in part, why cats have such snobby eating habits: genetics. Researchers at …