A contest co-organized by the European Science Foundation has a cash prize sponsored by Nobel Prize winner Brian Schmidt (Physics, 2011) - the goal, make a better video than the EU's "It's a girl thing" video.Now, I didn't see the big deal about the original but then again I am not the target market - American white guys approaching middle age tend to let things slide, all outreach is good...
read moreA parasite that caused bees to lurch around like, well, zombies, and fly at night until they die has been found in Washington State. Colony Collapse Disorder, in which all the adult honey bees in a colony suddenly die, has already been causing bee populations to drop. Such zombies were first discovered in California in 2008 by San Francisco State University biologist John Hafernik who...
read moreSeptember 28th. Burger King marks its fifth anniversary back in Japan with an "irrationality" themed burger - because hamburgers with black buns ARE CRAZY.The buns are made with bamboo charcoal and the burger is slathered in "black ketchup", which is made from squid ink and garlic.Price at ¥480 (6 bucks or so), the Premium Kuro Burger will be available for a limited time only.Burger King Is...
read moreIt used to be you had to rely on human science journalists to get concepts properly framed for you and enjoy the shot of dopamine confirmation bias provides. It still happens, just a lot less. Popular Science just went on an anti-religion rant - and you know it is bad when your own subscribers ask you to stop trolling them - and Scientific American has long been basically an unregistered...
read moreThe American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new guidelines to endorse IUDs and implants as first-line birth control options for teens. Despite widespread availability of condoms and birth control for women at very low cost (31-year-old Georgetown law students disagree, of course, they think the government should pay for it so they can instead spend $50,000 a year...
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