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Apparently, many neuroscientists are tired of the neurotrash littering the media
New atheist Sam Harris has some interesting things to say about the new media
Skeptical mathematician Peter Woit on the faster-than-light neutrinos …
String theory, not supported by evidence, posits extra dimensions … and therefore demonstrates them?
Are you someone, or do you know anyone, who needs to justify the money you spend going to school?
Look at this. Most school money is a waste. Sure. But not all. You have to fit you to the program. If people spent a bit of time buying an education, a house, or a car, they’d save themselves a bill.
Those ID-friendly types running for US president?
NPR interview: Christians Divided Over Science Of Human Origins
In passing: David Brooks says something sensible about the moral weakness of “I feel your pain:
He said it: Science is giving us a reality check “when it tells us something we do not want to hear” – Really?
So, math still works, along with physics, it seems …
A series of vintage interviews with famous, semi-famous or interesting physicists past and present.
What willpower isn’t good for
Cosmologists: Relax, the standard model still works
From “Scientists Release Most Accurate Simulation of the Universe to Date” (ScienceDaily, Sep. 30, 2011), we learn, The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date, gives physicists and astronomers a powerful new tool for understanding such cosmic mysteries as galaxy formation, dark matter, and dark energy. In one sense, you might think the initial results are a little boring, because they basically show that our standard cosmological model works,” said Joel Primack, distinguished professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “What’s exciting is that we now have this highly accurate simulation that will provide the basis for lots of important new studies