Category Archives: News

Radiation Found in Baby Formula: Poison, or Overreaction?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Traces of Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 have been found in a Japanese company’s baby formula. The story was reported in The Associated Press, and the machine of churnalism has [..]

News, Physics baby formula, cesium, disaster, earthquake, fukushima, Japan, milk, nuclear, Physics, power plant, radiation, science, tsunami

Vote Republican or God Will Stop Blessing You

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

James Dobson, featured on the “One Nation Under God” DVD, says that God will stop blessing America if Americans don’t vote properly (read: for the Republicans) God Bless [..]

News america, politics, religion

The Week In Review

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Well it has been about 10 days since my last post. Is it because there have been no interesting science stories in the news? Of course not! There’s [..]

News asteroid, bob macdonald, churchill manitoba, impact, mars500, migration, news, order of canada, polar bears, quirks and quarks, science

Occupy Jupiter!

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Astronomy, News astronomy, demotivational, funny, Jupiter, occupy wall stree, photo, poster, science

Well, At Least They’re Trying…

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

News ben stiller, clinton, funny, global, issues, jack black, kristin wiig, mary steenburgen, matt damon, politics, president, sean penn, ted danson, video

Faster Than Light Particles! So, Warp Speed Ahead, Right???

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

I’ll have more to say about this story once I see the work on arXiv, but I feel I should comment now because this story is exploding. The [..]

News, Physics CERN, einstein, light, neutrinos, news, opera, Physics, Relativity, research, science, Skeptic, speed, velocity

If Your Bandage is Glowing, That’s Bad…

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

A team of researchers at the University of Sheffield has developed an interesting way of detecting bacteria in a wound (I know, gross). The researchers found that a [..]

Health, News army, bandage, glow, health, medicine, military, news, research, science, university of sheffield

Don’t Eat This Jelly…

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Researchers from the University of Leeds have developed a new type of polymer jelly which could be used to make lighter, cooler (temperature wise) and more efficient rechargable [..]

Awesome Science, News Apple, battery, engineering, Ian Ward, laptop, lithium, news, phone, polymer, research, science, technology, University of Leeds

Canada Finds Evidence of Failed 1845 Arctic Expedition

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

In 1845, the Franklin Expedition, led by John Franklin, set sail from England looking for the Northwest Passage. Unfortunately, the expedition became stuck in the Arctic ice near [..]

Archaeology, News, Physics archaeology, Arctic, Franklin's lost expedition, HMS Erebus, HMS Terror, John Franklin, King William Island, news, Northwest Passage, Parks Canada, Physics, science

Florida Pastor Wants To Register Atheists, Just Like Sex Offenders

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 1

I’ve honestly been staring at my computer screen for several minutes trying to figure out where to start with this one. I guess we can start with the [..]