Not that this comes as a surprise: (CNN) -- As President Obama reversed the Bush administration's limits on embryonic stem-cell research, he said scientific decisions must be "based on facts, not ideology." President Obama lifted a ban that limited federally funded embryonic stem cell research. The ...

Soon to be a meme heard round the world: ... Here’s the truth: we are running out of resources and we are running out of time. The International Committee on Climate Change has said we have thee to five years to curb our ways or the current environmental disaster is irreversible. Irreversible mean...

We’ve had several posts about the creationist fanatics in Texas who are trying to push creationism/intelligent design/whatever into public school biology classes, but biology isn’t the only field they’re attacking. Earth and Space Science (ESS) courses are now a target as well, bec...

How does pseudo-science “beat” science?  I’m still thinking this through, but here is where I am at the moment.  Here are three steps often employed by pseudo-scientists: Step I: Claim that honest work done by careful scientists is not credible without having any appreciation of ...

Kutip dari: uzik-sama pada Desember 06, 2008, 10:08:28 bagi para penggemar cerita2 alien dan ufo pasti dong pernah dengar tentang kejadian UFO sighting di Roswell sekitar tahun 40an, nah banyak banyak pendapat yang menyatakan penampa......

Christie Brinkley's divorce has appeared in many shows and magazines. The divorce aired her ex husband's dirty laundry across the world, everything from his affair with a teenager to his addiction to Internet porn, with allegations of his web cam masturbation sessions. It's a tale of yet another cel...

First, take a gander at Blackadder's post highlighting a "green" calculator that determines the optimal age at which you should die in order to "save" the planet: I’ve noted previously the thin green line that separates parody from reality, but I have to say that the folks behind this website have...

(Hat tip: Feddie) Some nutty USAToday columnist asks "Is what we preach — and ultimately, what we believe — hastening the destruction of our planet?" Be fruitful and multiply," says the book of Genesis, and Lord knows we have. To the tune of more than 300 million at home and more than 6 billion ...

Larry King had noted medical expert/softcore video star Jenny McCarthy on the program last night to talk about AUTISM. Specifically, how it's caused by VACCINATING YOUR CHILDREN. This is patent conspiratorial nonsense, but it's very popular conspiratorial nonsense. Of course, in a battle between con...

Many Americans, and especially the press and media, fear, talk about, and impugn strong confident women who enter the generally hardball realm (or kick-boxing ring) of political power. While we are all free to talk in any way we wish to, expressing ourselves in either healthy or unhealthy ways, the ...