Looking forward to seeing Ben Stein’s new movie on the demerits of evolution? Yeah, neither was I. But hey, at least there was the launch of this website that treats the movie as the piece of rubbish that it is: Expelled Exposed. While you’re at it check out this two part series that rips some […]

From the Washington Post and ACHAMP:
“We’ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it’s connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it.” - Barack Obama, Pennsylvania Rally, April 21, 2008.
“It’s indisputable that (autism) is on the rise among children, the […]

After Canada is to became the first country to label bisphenol A, a basic building block for polycarbonates that make up things like Nalgene bottles, Nalgene decides they will no longer make their water bottles out of polycarbonates. For their new plastic of choice, say hello to Eastman Tritan copolyester:

 1st image taken by Flickr user […]

The latest issue of JAMA talks about the controversy over supposedly objective authors essentially taking industry sponsored trials and presenting them as pieces of research that are more independent than they actually are. While this strikes the credibility of the author, this is also disconcerting as it exposes the large influence that companies play in […]

Today, I find out that a 13 year old boy is smarter than our NASA scientists, recalculating the probability that the Near Earth Asteroid Apophis will strike the Earth. While many people may be quick to praise him, I for one am not in agreement. Singlehandedly this guy reduces my chances of living past 2036 […]

Canada is to become the first country to label bisphenol A, a basic building block for polycarbonates, a toxic substance. Found in your nalgene bottles and tin cans, bisphenol A is linked to cancer and unstable hormone growth. If you’re drinking/eating out of something with a number 7 inside the recycling symbol, you may […]

Man has put approximately 6000 satellites into orbit, in which 800 are still operational today. The European Space Agency has released pictures demonstrating the vast amount of junk we’ve left in orbit. From the site:
Trackable objects around the Earth:

Low Earth Orbit:
 

I previously discussed the Florida Senate’s K-12 Education Committee moving a bill allowing for the teaching or creationism in public schools. Now, it is the Senate Judiciary Committee that approves the same bill. I’ll save my overall outrage and surprise for the previous post, but I would like to divide this committee vote among party […]

For only a few months, the University of Michigan had the most powerful laser in the entire world. Now researchers at the University of Texas have one upped the Wolverines, developing a laser over 3 times as powerful as ours. Lest our plans for world domination further scientific research be thwarted, the only course of […]

The latest images released from the Hubble Space Telescope show an exciting early stage of a supernova. To give you an idea of the rarity of such an image, the spiral galaxy shown, NGC 2397, is the result of a ten-year search for a supernova precursor star. From the study, it appears that stars with […]