Art Chester's Blog, page 33
October 15, 2013
Journal Sting Exposes Bogus Publications
Science Fact: Science Magazine conducted a journal sting operation and exposed many international publications as money-grabbing operations with no scientific credentials at all. Publications are critical to researchers in many ways: they determine job security and promotion at many universities; … Continue reading →
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October 10, 2013
Renamed Food – I’ll have the Slimehead with Power Peas, please
Science Fact: Renamed food – the restaurant owner’s secret, coming to a school near you. How about a burger? Or would you rather have two 100% pure beef patties, hand-leafed lettuce, tomato, spread with or without onions, stacked high on …
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October 8, 2013
Baby Einstein, Prenatal Newton — Inconceivable!
Science Fact: Let’s teach our kids early – maybe when they’re one year old – or even prenatal learning! There’s a new study that really makes us jump up. Let’s talk about what’s new, and how it fits into what … Continue reading →
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October 7, 2013
Tesla Fire in Lithium Battery Destroys Vehicle
Science Fact: Tesla fire: on Tuesday last week near Seattle, a Tesla Model S electric vehicle driving on a state highway ran over some metal debris and damaged its lithium-ion battery pack. The driver stopped and evacuated safely before the … Continue reading →
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October 3, 2013
Applied Kinesiology: Antiscience for your Health
Science Fact: Applied Kinesiology is a chiropractic technique denounced by scientists but which helps many people. It uses “muscle testing” to help the D.C. or D.O. figure out what to do, to make your pain go away. And it’s an … Continue reading →
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October 1, 2013
Origin of Life (Space Age Version)
Science Fact: Let’s talk about the origin of life. Not the Sunday School version. Nor the Archaeology version, which is being called Abiogenesisthese days. Let’s try the Space Age version. Several recent technical studies posit that life on Earth may … Continue reading →
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September 27, 2013
CEO Hubris as a “Sell” Signal for Investors
Science Fact: CEO hubris may predict bumpy times ahead for your favorite company stock. Executive or CEO hubris — pride, conceit, egotism, self-importance, narcissism — is the subject of two new scientific studies, and the Financial Timeshas jumped on them. … Continue reading →
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September 25, 2013
Privacy versus Security
Science Fact: Two recent news stories speak directly to the dilemma of Privacy versus Security. Movies, Internet, literature, technology, even cartoons bring “privacy versus security” on center stage. Let’s organize it and try to make some sense, at the price … Continue reading →
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September 24, 2013
Replacement Organs, Built to Order
Science Fact: Replacement organs for the human body seem tantalizingly close, based on recent work. Today, artificial limbs, joints and arterial stents seem commonplace. Bionic organs, mechanical marvels that work within and with your body, are coming along rapidly: today, … Continue reading →
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September 18, 2013
Dumb and Dumber: Our Declining IQ
Science Fact: We seem to be getting dumber, year by year. A recent European study compared 120 years of intelligence tests and found that the Western countries have lost 14 points of IQ since the Victorian era. The researchers suggest … Continue reading →
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