On August 15th, the closeout memorandum for the Office of Inspector General at the National Science Foundation agreed with two reviews commissioned by Pennsylvania State University which cleared climate researcher Michael Mann of allegations regarding research integrity, including allegations of research misconduct, specifically (1) falsifying research data (2) concealing, deleting or otherwise...
read moreThe Rev. Donnie Russell of West Virginia found a 2.1-centimeter-long egg last month on his farm. It weighs just 3.46 grams, just over a one-tenth of an ounce, and is about the size of a penny.The chicken that he believes laid the egg is normal sized and the state Department of Agriculture has certified the egg's size. The Guinness Book Of World Records currently lists the smallest...
read moreA US-Albanian underwater expedition believes they have found a 1st century B.C. Roman shipwreck off the southwestern Albanian coast, close to the Sazan Island off the Karaburun Peninsula and the Vlora city, 87 miles southwest of the capital, Tirana. They speculate the 'well-preserved' 30-yard tall ship and some 300 Lambolie 2-type amphora were in the wine transport...
read moreScience 2.0 fave Dan Vergano at USA Today wrote an article based on the arXiv preprint written by Panagiota Kanti, Burkhard Kleihaus and Jutta Kunz called "Wormholes in Dilatonic Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Theory".read...
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At the University of Cincinnati, it is said McMicken Hall’s stone lions, Mick and Mack, roar when a virgin walks by. The urban legend is well-known enough to be documented on the Urban Legend Reference Page of Snopes.com. Has anyone actually ever heard this roaring thing happen? Nope, which means young men who really want dates now know where to matriculate.If you can't stand...
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