Category Archives: Science

Schrödinger’s Dog

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Thanos

Schrödinger’s Dog Another pet, another challenge, another solution to Schrödinger’s equation. It can be summed up by the succinct statement: “I’m a good dog.” H/T Uncertain Principles What’s this all about? See the Wikipedia articles here, and here.

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The Secrets of the Psychics

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Thanos

The Secrets of the Psychics Here’s a great documentary that looks skeptically at claims of psychic frauds. I’m posting the first of the series so please click out to Youtube to see the whole thing.

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Cooling Fin

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Thanos

Cooling Fin Evolutionary adaptations are sometimes bizarre, like the one that dogs and wolves evolved to shed excess heat. Their tongues are big liquid drenched cooling fins coated with capillaries  and vessels near the surface – if you click on … Continue reading →

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Putting Faith in its Place

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Thanos

Putting Faith in its Place A good logical examination of faith, and why you shouldn’t go overboard with it and try to control others by its dictates. Those should be personal for you, but not for everyone else – their … Continue reading →

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Evolution of the Mosasaur

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Thanos

Evolution of the Mosasaur Species have migrated from sea to land and sometimes back again throughout evolution, here you see the evolution of the Mosasaur, and how it evolved from a small, land lizard into a fearsome sea predator.

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Sublimation: Fun With Dry Ice

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Thanos

Sublimation: Fun With Dry Ice I had some dry ice left over from repairing the freezer (we stowed the frozen food in a cooler with Dry ice while I disassembled, repaired, and reassembled the ice maker) Dry ice sublimates much … Continue reading →

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The Death of a Good Man: Norman Borlaug RIP

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Thanos

The Death of a Good Man: Norman Borlaug RIP The anti-Christ of the Luddite factions in Greenpeace has died. Norman Borlaug was the pioneer of genetically modified crops that have kept billions in the subcontinent of Asia from starving to … Continue reading →

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Why Scientists Accept Evolution

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Thanos

Why Scientists Accept Evolution Don Exodus probably disagrees with me along a wide spectrum of political views, but he gets science right.

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The Tree of Life

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Thanos

The Tree of Life Darwin’s tree of life has been much ridiculed by creationist fundamentalists since its conception by the brilliant scientist, but every branch, fork, and dead leaf becomes clearer with passing time. The decoding of genomic branching strengthens … Continue reading →

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Pluto Rediscovered

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Thanos

A great documentary on the Dwarf planet Pluto from National Geographic, watch closely for one of the coolest bumper stickers you’ve ever seen.

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