All animals used in the present study were already found dead (road-killed), and therefore an ethic approval is not required. You know, sometimes I see a study (this one was tweeted around a few weeks ago), and you just sit and wonder WHY. Why did scientists DO this study, why was it necessary? What is […]
Sci grew up going to public school. We had some pretty good science teachers, and I remember how hard they worked to make learning fun for us. They raised money to build greenhouses (which I got to work in! Loved that!), raised money to build terrariums (nothing gets girls screaming like bringing a pile of […]
Sci is at SciAm blogs today talking about the Pill. AGAIN. And the latest study on relationship satisfaction. Because some things will always be overinterpreted. Check it out! And if you want to comment and don’t want to register, comments are always welcome here!
You know, sometimes I think I’ve reached the pinnacle of my ability to be outraged by things on the internet. And then something like this comes along. So I’m sorry, my friends, this is going to be a rant. A mean, probably nasty kind of rant. Sci is not naturally a mean person, but some […]
So much weird science came my way this week! It was very hard to pick just one paper. But then Ivan Oransky showed up on twitter talking about this study. And…it’s just special. I will warn you there are some NASTY pictures below the fold. They are NSFW once you realize what you’re looking at. […]
Sci has a sad confession to make My reputation now is at stake! I made a small bet Against the Cuttlefish set For the kids and young scientists’ sake. So please think of giving, large or small, Little is better than naught at all You can benefit kids by filling teacher’s bids And help their […]
…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 […]