Cash or wine was good. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

When a high school history teacher told his students that creationism was “superstitious nonsense,” he violated a student’s First Amendment rights, a Federal judge ruled this week. "Just as the government shouldn’t promote religion, he writes, the government shouldn’t actively disapprove of religion either." picked by equinox 7 months ago

A blog (not mine!) rating a book: Based largely on a course Rosenblum and Kuttner teach to non-science students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the material is very well presented, and I now understand quantum physics better than I ever have before, but I won’t really grasp it until I read through certain chapters slowly and more carefully. Even so, I understood enough to app... read full post picked by rambler 3 years ago

An elementary school science teacher in this Chicago suburb doesn’t have to turn on the news for an update on NASA’s space mission. She just turns on her video baby monitor. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

With the current heat wave, we all could use some help in staying cool. picked by singletrack 2 years ago

Songs and tunes all about everyone's favourite branch of science. From I Walk the Incline to this 'classic':
picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Science can't say whether God represents a loving, vengeful or nonexistent being. But researchers have revealed for the first time how such religious beliefs trigger different parts of the brain. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Finally, chocolate is no longer a guilty pleasure. Le Whif, which just launched yesterday, combines chocolate and aerosol science with their zero calorie chocolate inhaler. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

First it's the rare albino moose, then the albino wallaby, and now an albino magpie! picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Scientists from the University of East Anglia are searching for volunteers to eat chocolate every day for a year. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Is it Art? Is it Science? Who knows? I see pictures, 3D pictures! picked by Waggamandave 2 years ago

A feature-length compilation of a 1936 Flash Gordon serial. In this retro hour, you'll find many plot holes, spaceships on wires and some brilliant old science fiction. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

Choose from 7 categories, including Underwater, Travel and Science & Space. picked by extc68 2 years ago

How even the most righteous crime fighters still manage to break the most important laws of all picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

The concept of a space elevator has long been a dream for scientists and has here to date been a staple for science fiction authors. Japan hopes to change that and make the dream a reality. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Late one night in a small Alabama cemetery, Vance Vanders had a run-in with the local witch doctor, who wafted a bottle of unpleasant-smelling liquid in front of his face, and told him he was about to die and that no one could save him...read more inside.Bwahahaha! picked by bornbad 7 months ago

Indirectly admitting it's been a slow week in science, researchers at Manchester University have revealed their theory that a Tyrannosaurus Rex could run faster than a footballer. No direct comparison drawn between an triceratops and a cricketer though. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Some good, some not so good. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

Sex panics make for bad law. It could be said that they make for bad science, too,the admissibility of "dissociative amnesia," or "repressed memory," in a case that some powerful interests no doubt hoped was as settled as the grave. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

this is a wired article about fold.it, a game that was designed to help predict the tertiary structures (3D) of proteins.
I've been playing this game for months now and I love it! So I figured this article was a nice way of letting other plimates know about it. picked by Nicky666 7 months ago