Could the Boston Bomber Have Fled from Infrared?
This post originally appeared on Scientific American Late last Friday a terrible week that began with the bombing of the …
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The Man Who Fell
Yesterday I watched Felix Baumgartner courageously step out of a capsule 24 miles above the Earth’s surface, survey the world …
What Are the Chances that You are Dreaming Right Now?
An interesting article has been making the rounds, stating that “There’s a One in Ten Chance You are Dreaming Right …
New Horsefly Species Named After Beyonce
A previously un-named species of horse fly whose appearance is dominated by its glamorous golden lower abdomen has been named …
Degrees in Nonsense Dropped from UK Universities
You’ve Got a Degree in Baloney At least some universities have come to their senses: From this year, it will …
At a trillion frames per second, you can see even light moving
A new camera developed by MIT has now achieved the amazing, being fast enough to capture photons of light as …
Power Balance Goes Bankrupt
One Down, Many More to Go Remember those balance bracelets I told you about? The ones that celebrities and athletes …
Researchers Again Verify That Near-Death Experiences Are All in Your Head
A Trick of Your Mind Another report by researchers has found that all of the wacky phenomena experienced by people …
The “Freshman 15″ is Just a Myth
The News A new nation-wide study, appearing in the December 2011 issue of the journal Social Science Quarterly, has revealed …
Three-Eyed, Simpsons-Esque Radioactive Fish Found
Fishermen in Cordoba, Argentina have caught this caught this three-eyed wolf fish in a reservoir fed by a local nuclear …
Another Study Showing No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Brain Cancer
The number of people using mobile phones is constantly rising with more than five billion subscriptions worldwide in 2010. This …
Another blow to climate “skeptics”: The urban heat island effect is not the culprit
The “urban heat island effect” is the effect that cities tend to be hotter and release more heat to the …
Busting 9 Vaccination Myths, With Science!
Thanks to the great work of our skeptical sympathizers in Australia, we have another science-based refutation of anti-vaccinationist claims by …
NASA meets mandate to indentify 90% of planet-destroying asteroids
The latest calculations from NASA say that they have identified 90% of the “near-Earth asteroids”, those whose orbits bring them …
Science Today: The Links
Americans move dramatically toward acceptance of homosexuality In addition to a plurality who now approve of same-sex marriage, Americans overwhelmingly …
The Obese Now Outnumber the Hungry
The number of people worldwide classified as obese now is larger than the number of people starving worldwide. Says Bekele …
Do Scientists Think Religion and Science Conflict?
The News A new study out of Rice University entitled “Scientists Negotiate Boundaries Between Religion and Science,” which appears in …
Arsenic in Your Apple Juice: Why Science Says You’re Safe
Pseudoscience In The Land of Oz Dr. Oz has made some outlandish claims once again. This time, he has gone …
Diet Soda Won’t Save You from Weight Gain, Heart Disease, Diabetes…
Diet sodas may not be the healthy alternatives to sodas that they are purported to be… The news New studies …
Near-Death Experiences: Science After All
The News A posting at Scientific American has taken the time to aggregate all of the scientific findings on near …
