Amphidromic points and more
Just found this page (pdf) with excellent info on the nodes as well as why tides act as they do.
The dynamic theory of tides is no longer found on Wikipedia.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Smallpox, Monkeypox and cowpox
Placeholder for future post (like that will ever happen)
Monkeypox seems to be almost the same disease as smallpox.
Smallpox vaccine used to cause terrible things
The vaccine is no longer used
Monkeypox is still around
Some people believe monkeypox is the same virus as smallpox
The entire thing is clouded with controversy, but you would hardly know it
Monkeypox seems to be almost the same disease as smallpox.
Smallpox vaccine used to cause terrible things
The vaccine is no longer used
Monkeypox is still around
Some people believe monkeypox is the same virus as smallpox
The entire thing is clouded with controversy, but you would hardly know it
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Poisons in our food supply
Chlorine dioxide
Nitrogen trichloride
Benzoyl peroxide
Which one of the above is known to cause an allergic reaction in some human beings?
Which ones are used in food preparation?
Which one was banned from use in the US, but not Britain ?
Which one is a tear gas?
Which of the above can kill you?
Which one is both a medicine and something used to bleach flour?
Which one is linked to childhood asthma?
Science, evidence, safety and the food we eat. An interesting subject.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The blog is not my child
I was doing a Google search on "Evidence based science", and what did I find?
http://evidencebasedscience.com/
Nothing there yet. But it ain't me. The notion spreads.
http://evidencebasedscience.com/
Nothing there yet. But it ain't me. The notion spreads.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Five organisms with real super powers
http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=14057
Cool enough to post about. (and this helps me find it later of course)
Is it evidence based? I hope so.
Cool enough to post about. (and this helps me find it later of course)
Is it evidence based? I hope so.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Weasel words and science
On Wikipedia we are advised to avoid weasel words.
Like the following
should
might
possibly
could
may
or
potentially
This is so articles can be fact based, or at least published credible information based, and not full of possible or maybe information. The irony, and this is opinion, not evidence based science, is that in some scientific fields, weasel words are used all the time. And defended, by saying science is full of uncertainty, and things need to be qualified.
Of course I can't find a peer reviewed published article to back any of that up. This doesn't mean there isn't one of course.
More to come.
Or maybe not.
Like the following
should
might
possibly
could
may
or
potentially
This is so articles can be fact based, or at least published credible information based, and not full of possible or maybe information. The irony, and this is opinion, not evidence based science, is that in some scientific fields, weasel words are used all the time. And defended, by saying science is full of uncertainty, and things need to be qualified.
Of course I can't find a peer reviewed published article to back any of that up. This doesn't mean there isn't one of course.
More to come.
Or maybe not.
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