It Pays To Be A Clever Clogs
Apparently, this paper was written by a physicist in response to him receiving a traffic fine. It is said that he was both successful in his defence and received a $400 special prize for the paper
For Geeks Only
I noticed this in the footnotes of this article – The Crisis of Big Science In his recent book, The Infinity Puzzle (Basic Books, 2011), Frank Close points out that a mistake of mine was in part responsible for the term “Higgs boson.” In my 1967 paper on the unification of weak and electromagnetic forces, I…
DetailsYes….You Can Be That Stupid
IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED DINOSAURS and humans, and they walked together in Texas. Need I say more about the emergence of a new dark age….. More here – only if you want to be depressed at how dim people can be. At least, according to many people in Glen Rose.
DetailsA Tale Of Two Brains
I am currently reading the excellent Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain which delves into the nature of consciousness and free will. Like all good cross over science books it can be read by the lay person without much difficulty. Whilst follow up on a chapter on split brain surgery I…
DetailsSex-Deprived Male Fruit Flies Turn to Alcohol, Research Shows
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The Silent Time Bomb on Your Plate
I have to confess that what I know about farming could be written on a gnats arse with a six inch nail. That taken as a given this doco appealed to me simply because it looks at a serious problem from a different perspective.
A Smart Person
Given the modern media’s obsession with foisting absolute cretins on us who were are supposed to revere in some odd quasi religious manner I thought it might be worthwhile to start the year off with a smart person who is actually doing something. As opposed to being famous for being a dickhead. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —…
DetailsWhy Dont Woodpeckers Get Headaches?
This is a question I have wanted ot know the answer to for decades. Apparently someone else was thinking about this as well. Head injury is a leading cause of morbidity and death in both industrialized and developing countries. It is estimated that brain injuries account for 15% of the burden of fatalities and disabilities,…
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