…it’s science. See why correlation is not causation (I’m thinking that needs to be the tagline of my blog), and why, though it’s a good paper, I’ve got my qualms, some of which are not scientific in nature. And if you’d like to leave a comment and don’t want to register, leave it here! And […]
There once was a fine Cuttlefish Who said to me thusly, “I wish That people’s money they’d use To give to Donor’s Choose! But how?” Said the fine rhmying old fish. The he got an idea most fine And stated “Let our powers combine!” Or rather, we’ll COMPETE! To see who’s readers are most meet […]
Check it out over there, waaaaay down on the sidebar, Sci has up a giving page for Donor’s Choose! I’m giving to kids who are most in need of science and math materials this year. Most of them don’t need much, just a few hundred dollars for things like ink, microscopes, math books. And of […]
You know, you’d think after that HUGE pile of weird science blogging I just did for the IgNobels, I might need some time away from weird science. And heck, you might be right. But I got this paper a few weeks ago from Jason of The Thoughtful Animal, and it’s just too brilliant not to […]
It’s time for Donor’s Choose, the time of year when we ask for donations to classrooms to help out kids with teh learnin’. I love this drive because it gives the opportunity to direct your money straight to the classrooms that need it, and allow them to directly buy the supplies that are needed to […]
Sci’s IgNobel prize coverage continues over at Sci’s Scientific American blog, where I’ve got coverage of the IgNobel prize winners. The latest posts are on the fire-alarm prowess of the WASABI, as well as when a sigh is more than just a sigh (though no one has yet empirically studied whether a cigar is just […]