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November 25, 2011
A little dose of hemp will cure everything
Category: Bad science
Do these claims make you at all suspicious? A few people on Twitter told me I should look into this panacea. Cures heart disease! Eases anxiety and depression! Removes unsightly moles! Arthritis! Snoring! Diarrhea! Acne! Diabetes! Removes warts! Mighraines! Lose...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:48 PM • 46 Comments •
Like a deadly lightning bolt made of treacle
Category: Environment
Somebody clone Attenborough, quick — the British nature program must continue forever! His latest documentary is Frozen Planet, and all I've seen of it is short clips on youtube and various other sites…which just makes me want to see more....
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:14 AM • 10 Comments •
November 23, 2011
Islamic embryology: overblown balderdash
Category: Bad science
I have read the entirety of Hamza Andreas Tzortzis' paper, Embryology in the Qur'an: A scientific-linguistic analysis of chapter 23: With responses to historical, scientific & popular contentions, all 58 pages of it (although, admittedly, it does use very...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:01 PM • 9 Comments •
Lynn Margulis has died
Category: News
Sad news: Lynn Margulis, advocate of the endosymbiosis theory of eukaryotic origins, has died. She was smart, creative, and promoter of a lot of wild ideas…and to her credit, some of them were even right. I think her greatest strength...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:35 AM • 45 Comments •
November 22, 2011
Good to know in case you're on the #OWS lines
Category: Science
I've heard of the Scoville scale, which measures the potency of spicy peppers. Those boring green bell peppers get a 0; habaneros get a score of 350,000. The stuff those UC Davis police officers so casually hosed into the faces...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:39 PM • 49 Comments •
November 21, 2011
Mary's Monday Metazoan: Since we had our first major snowfall this weekend…
Category: Organisms
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:06 PM • 8 Comments •
Am I on a slippery slope?
Category: Weirdness
Inspired by Skepticon, several of the speakers at that event have been redrawn as ponies. Is the next step…furries? (Also on FtB)...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:11 PM • 7 Comments •
Amphibious assault troops in training
Category: Cephalopods
Soon, we'll be able to reach you anywhere. And no, your precious cats will not be able to save you. (Also on FtB)...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:02 PM • 12 Comments •
A poll with a point!
Category: Weblogs
The 2011 blogging scholarships are up for a vote — $10,000 goes to the winner. As you might guess, we want a science blogger to win — there are lots of good candidates, and Christie Wilcox has compiled a list...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:15 AM • 3 Comments •
