Category Archives: Blinded By Science

A Hundred Monkeys In a Hundred Space Suits

Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2007 by Keith

Charlie Stross has a great essay up about the futility of Space Colonization: This is not to say that interstellar travel is impossible; quite the contrary. But to do so effectively you need either (a) outrageous amounts of cheap energy, … Continue reading →

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Earth 2

Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 by Keith

We all know that the media’s priorities are screwed up but the fact that the discovery of the most Earth-like planet yet found isn’t front page news is just fucking criminal: Astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet outside our … Continue reading →

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For All Your Giant Squid Needs

Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 by Keith

For those interested in historical curiosities, cabinets of wonder, eccentric collectors, phantom limbs, ambergris, trap-jaw ants, and the history of natural science, check out the Athanasius Kircher Society Blog.

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Bones of an Idol

Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 by Keith

James Cameron thinks he’s found the bones of Jesus: In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn’t resurrected –the cornerstone of Christian faith– and that his burial cave was discovered … Continue reading →

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Happy Darwin Day!

Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 by Keith

Today is the 198th birthday of arguably the most important human to have ever lived, Charles Darwin, who’s work changed the world for the better by providing us with the language and theoretical models to understand the origin of life … Continue reading →

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Ancient Ancestors From My Neck of the Woods

Posted on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 by Keith

 Saint Petersburg Times: Archaeologist Albert Goodyear is working on the find of his life. Based on radiocarbon tests and artifacts he’s found along the Savannah River in South Carolina, Goodyear believes that humans existed in North America as many as … Continue reading →

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We Would All Be King Ozymandias

Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 by Keith

New Scientist: Imagine that all the people on Earth – all 6.5 billion of us and counting – could be spirited away tomorrow, transported to a re-education camp in a far-off galaxy. (Let’s not invoke the mother of all plagues … Continue reading →

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RIP, Steve Irwin

Posted on Monday, September 4, 2006 by Keith

I don’t know why the news of Steve Irwin’s sudden death has made me so sad. It’s not as if a man who swings rattlesnakes around by their tails dieing of a stingray sting is all that big a surprise. … Continue reading →

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Skeptical Thought, In Spades

Posted on Thursday, August 17, 2006 by Keith

There are some truly excellent pieces by an astounding array of talented bloggers up at the 41st Skeptics Circle, hosted by Interverbal. And I’m not just saying that because I’m one of them.

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Bloom of The Corpse Flower

Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 by Keith

The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens has their very own Titan Arum (the giant reeking “corpse flower”) which is about to bloom: The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is one of the world’s most remarkable plants. Native to tropical forests in Sumatra, it … Continue reading →

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