Learn Molecular Biology the "Jersey Shore" Way

Learn Molecular Biology the "Jersey Shore" Way

If you aren't familiar with the cultural lowest common denominator that is the faux reality show "Jersey Shore", well, you are lucky.    It follows the travails of some truly idiotic…
Thor Heyerdahl and Hyperdiffusionism

Thor Heyerdahl and Hyperdiffusionism

From Scienceblogs: Lately I've been thinking and giving some talks about Scandinavian pseudo-archaeological writers, that is, people who publish books on the past with unsubstantiated claims to…
Invasive Species Worth Admiring

Invasive Species Worth Admiring

As the U.S. Navy bombs Guam with dead, poisoned mice in the latest attempt to eradicate invasive brown tree snakes, it's worth taking a moment to sit back and appreciate -- yes, appreciate --…
Evidence of a Fourth Neutrino Flavor?

Evidence of a Fourth Neutrino Flavor?

In Physical Review Letters, a large group of physicists published their study from the MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab in Illinois. When they looked at oscillations of muon antineutrinos into…
Elections, evolution and porn linked in study

Elections, evolution and porn linked in study

Researchers Patrick Markey and Charlotte Markey, associate professors in psychology at Villanova University and Rutgers University, respectively, were trying to test the idea that testosterone levels…