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Cataracts, Artificial Joints, Heart Attacks, Self-delusion, And Detecting Life
Photography by me SCIENCE AIN'T SO BAD RATINGS (NEW) I write about announcements, discoveries, and studies. Since the point of this blog is science, and since the point of science is to weigh evidence and reach conclusions, I've introduced a ScienceAin'tSoBadRating which accompanies each of the studies. I'm NOT trying to tell you what [...]
The vastness of Google. The smallness of us.
Image lifted (obviously) from the real McCoy JUST SILLY ‘OL GOOGLE Google is a force of nature sweeping though our culture and fundamentally changing us. It’s creative and audacious. And it grows like a fungus. Its search engine is so widespread that it shocks when, as in China, it is only the number TWO choice behind a national [...]
How Valid Is Gallup Poll On Pro-life Sentiment?
Images of dogs by me NEW GALLUP POLL Just as the country seems to be sliding away from conservative political ideas, according to a new Gallup Poll, 51% are now "pro-life". Could that be? Why now? These are questions which Science Ain't So Bad leaves to other, more political, blogs. But a poll is a particular [...]
The Danger To The Hubble Telescope, Itself
Based on an image by Somadjinn and taken from morguefile.comHUBBLE: BALANCING THE RISK.The Hubble Space Telescope is located in a high orbit where there's lots of "space junk". This makes me wonder how long it'll last up there AFTER lives are risked and money is spent.There are worries enough about the crew of the Atlantis which is servicing [...]
Large Hadron Collider Saves Paper
Base image from morguefile.com I try to be selective about the things I write. There's a lot of scientific work being done and, realistically, I can't report on all of it. But this work by physicist Andre Martin at the Large Hadron Collider (Switzerland) is too important to ignore. You know how the tables at outdoor cafes ALWAYS seem to need a [...]
A Smartphone Explosion Could Impact Science
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SMARTPHONEThe future of computing is in your pants (pockets). Or your bag. Anywhere, actually, but your desktop. "Smartphones", once geeky, are now "cool", having been blessed by Apple and the iPhone. Generally, smartphones offer computer-ish functionality combined with highly integrated mobile phones. And they're finding [...]
Why We SHOULD Arm Our Ships Against Pirates
Credit to morguefile.com for source images (combined here)PIRATESThis being my blog, I get to have an occasional rant even if the link to science/technology is imperceptible. Today: Pirates. And no apologies for the topic.As you surely know, modern day pirates are adding to the tension between "old ways" and "new ways" that has been boiling for [...]
Earthquake Prediction Riddle Solved
EARTHQUAKE in central Italy. The quake in Italy killed over 200. More than a thousand injured. There was a lot of economic disruption and property damage. You can understand the terror if you've lived through such a thing; otherwise, you simply can not. Terrible suffering and misery. And, reportedly, the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio [...]
Planes and Boats and Us Too
Bill Groves working his engineering magic A STEP BACK FROM SCIENCE We hear from people (mostly relatives and friends) who want to try out our LectricLifter (US patent numb 7517221) to raise their electric outlets up conveniently. Only one request, so far, to protect puppies and such from electric shock (though that's from a store). 'Course [...]
Theoretical Frustration plus The Battery Thing
Bella Luna, Principal Investigator, Higgs PhenomenaMASS MYSTERIESMatter consists of electrons, protons, neutrons, a passel of quarks and neutrinos, and some other stuff. 19 different different particles in all, according to the (slightly cheesy) "Standard Model". Unfortunately, the particles it describes are ephemeral things with no mass. They [...]
