Science in the News

UncleBob · Post by **UncleBob** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:26 am

Cthulhu's Troops Continue to Train

DepartedLight · Post by **DepartedLight** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:02 am

... and even octopuses

arg! It's octopi

*sigh*

Rainman498 · Post by **Rainman498** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:42 am

DepartedLight wrote:
... and even octopuses
arg! It's octopi

*sigh*

You'd think a science article could get that one right, but I suppose that proper grammar really is too much to ask.

ChildOfGod · Post by **ChildOfGod** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:55 am

Did anyone tell that fish to cut it out, since tool use differentiates humans from all other animals?

I don't know if you heard that when you were a kid, but it was the pervasive scientific/anthropologic thinking of my childhood days - now every time I turn around there's some newly found tool use among 'lower' species.

DepartedLight · Post by **DepartedLight** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:58 am

My ex-wife is a lower species and she's definitely a tool.

Thoth · Post by **Thoth** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:32 pm

"Anti-oxidants Bad for you?"

Thunktank · Post by **Thunktank** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:12 pm

Evolution in action here in CA.

Thunktank · Post by **Thunktank** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:25 pm

Thoth wrote:"Anti-oxidants Bad for you?"

One of these days people will figure out that eating what God made, closest to the way God made it, in moderation and with sufficient variety is the best we can do.

wosbald · Post by **wosbald** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:57 pm

+JMJ+

Thoth wrote:"Anti-oxidants Bad for you?"

Bad news for the Just Discovered, Miracle, Tropical Super-Berry Industry.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:00 pm

DepartedLight wrote:My ex-wife is a lower species and she's definitely a tool.

colton · Post by **colton** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:00 pm

wosbald wrote:+JMJ+
Thoth wrote:"Anti-oxidants Bad for you?"
Bad news for the Just Discovered, Miracle, Tropical Super-Berry Industry.

Onyx · Post by **Onyx** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:39 pm

colton wrote:
wosbald wrote:+JMJ+
Thoth wrote:"Anti-oxidants Bad for you?"
Bad news for the Just Discovered, Miracle, Tropical Super-Berry Industry.

Oh yeah. This stuff is fantastic. I recommend the book Bad Science if you want a good laugh at all the fashionable science fads.

SimeonTurner · Post by **SimeonTurner** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:40 pm

DepartedLight wrote:My ex-wife is a lower species and she's definitely a tool.

+infinity

Well played, sir.

infidel · Post by **infidel** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:44 pm

Tree of Life may have a fourth branch... or not

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/ ... th-domain/

Thunktank · Post by **Thunktank** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:00 pm

Study shows that HIV medications help prevent new HIV infection.

UncleBob · Post by **UncleBob** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:29 pm

Zoobotics

UncleBob · Post by **UncleBob** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:36 pm

Space Tornado

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:29 pm

An Anti-Hovannes Camera - Tiny!

No lens & fixed focus too.
It's 1/2 a mm long/wide and 1/100 of a mm thick.

UncleBob · Post by **UncleBob** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:17 am

TOAST

gaining_age · Post by **gaining_age** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:19 am

UncleBob wrote:TOAST

Bread expert Dr Dom Lane, a consultant food researcher, spent one week toasting and tasting a staggering 2,000 slices for his research, in his bid to assist the nation's toast eaters.

Rumors have it Jenny Craig will be contacting Dr Lane in the next few weeks.