TSA Body Scanner Nonsense

TSA Body Scanner Nonsense

OK, I've had just about enough of the stupid statistics being put out by the FDA regarding full body scanners at airports. I'm not sure why everyone is behaving as if such a scan is a singular event…
The Business of Science

The Business of Science

I think there is something deeply wrong with our view of science. The word itself, Science (with a capital "S"), sits alongside other monoliths such as Religion, Art, Music, Literature, Politics and…
Geeks, Tweaks And Innovation

Geeks, Tweaks And Innovation

There's a neat piece on tweaking versus invention, written by two law professors (Kal Raustiala of UCLA and Chris Sprigman at UVA) over as a Freakonomics guest blog.  Their bit on Geeks, Tweeks…
What Science 2.0 Means to Me

What Science 2.0 Means to Me

I liken cognition to a hill-climbing search on the landscape of theories/models/maps that explain/predict reality.  It’s easy to get stuck on peaks of local maximality.  Injecting…
Lessons from plants for happiness

Lessons from plants for happiness

Metabolism = anabolism-catabolism In plant science metabolism is sum total of anabolic processes i.e. photosynthesis which make complex substances from simple molecules to catabolism i.e. respiration…
Apocalypse 1955: Growing Up Telepathic

Apocalypse 1955: Growing Up Telepathic

“What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” The much-revered writers of the Golden Age of science fiction can be quite rough around the edges, even downright embarrassing on occasion. The…
Science for dummies - now with more poop

Science for dummies - now with more poop

What is science? Science is application of the scientific method to problems or questions, and then submitting the story to the scrutiny of others. It’s simple. It’s elegant. It’s self-correcting.It…