Sometimes popular concepts catch fire with the public for no reason, even when they are shown to be incorrect - virtual water, a gallon of gas to create a pound of beef, you didn't build that - but usually those fade with time.Not the Drake Equation, which sought to parameterize what other life may be out there. read...
read moreIn 2015, it doesn't need to be said for anyone over the age of 40, but for young people still newer to Miracle Vegetable and Scare Journalism claims that get pumped out in diet books, mainstream media articles and television medicine on a regular basis, here it goes: don't latch onto supplement fads. read...
read moreOne of the big topics in the science world is always how to make Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) more exciting.It may not always seem like it because, let's face it, we love STEM and it's baffling that people would want to do anything else, but not everyone graduates from high school wanting to pursue it, even though they might have when they were younger. read...
read morePity poor Albert Einstein. He is on more Facebook posters endorsing more causes and claims than he could ever have dreamed possible; sometimes he even uses modern colloquialisms in the quotes.He's Einstein - if he said it, it must be smart.There is just one problem, aside from the fact that he never said most of the things those glorified infographics claim he said - he was only smart about one...
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