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If you are like me, then you are excited for Tuesdays because you look forward to watching House every week. If you shout your own diagnosis at the TV screen and marvel in awe when they finally figure out the ailment (and more so because you have an idea what it means) then you will appreciate this higher level of House fandom.
My friends and I call it The House Drinking Game. You see, as creative and different as House is, there are some things you can predict about it. And if you can predict it, you can make a game of it.
So if you're like the throngs of people that I know (…
I don't get too concerned about things such as titles, but I have noticed that this year a more substantial number of students has been sending emails addressed to "Mr. Gregory". I don't know if the students this year are unaware that most professors hold a Ph.D. and therefore are "Dr." and not "Mr." (or "Ms." as the case may be), but this seems to be much more common lately. Has anyone else noticed this?
I know this can get a bit confusing, so let me try to explain it, at least as the terms are used in North America.
The title "Doctor" and the abbreviated prefix "Dr." come from the Latin for…
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Vampires, Mummies, Ghosts, Zombies - we have it all today. We even have costumes. Why? Halloween, like everything else great in life, has a science aspect to it.
Not everyone likes science, of course, but we do. So if you're a Goth chick, you won't want to read Are Vampires Real? Physics Professor Drives A Scientific Stake Into The Heart Of Supernatural Myths but everyone else might. Want to know more about vampires, even if they don't exist? Check out Bloodsucker Myths&Movies: Vampires Throughout The Ages.
The only thing that…
Scientists know how to have a good time. Just ask Yahoo Serious about when he played Young Einstein. That guy really knew how to par-tay! To see for yourself this Halloween, host your very own Mad Scientist Halloween Party. Check out these ideas to really get your party started. You'll be amazed at how easily you can transform your digs into a Spooky Laboratory!
INVITATIONS - Create a spooky invitation online at Evite.com.
Invite all your scientist friends and co-workers. Online invitations allow your guests to RSVP via their laboratory without all the messy stamps and paper.
Make sure…
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Remember the Halloween when you pinned cinnamon buns over your ears because you were Princess Leia and the time you covered yourself in foil and said you were a baked potato? Well, we at Scientificblogging are dying to see…
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It's not often you can boil down complicated abstract ideas about science or culture into simple concepts everyone can understand. Gems like "for every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction" don't come along every day. But every time someone asks me what science is like I simply say "You've seen The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. It's like that" and they nod knowingly.
What? You haven't seen it? Read on my friends. In a few key phrases you will know everything you need to know about how things get done. Science wisdom, as distilled by quotes…
Last night, I watched "The Incredible Hulk," starring Ed Norton. Although I had been disappointed in the 2003 film adaptation of "The Hulk," starring Eric Bana, I thought a Hulk movie would be good research for me, as I'm working an article called, "Hollywood's Top 10 Sexiest Male Scientists."
What after all, could be more sexy than a gigantic, green, angry scientist? Ed Norton as Bruce Banner? I could dig it.
So, I settled into my green couch, certain that this film adaptation would redeem The Hulk in my eyes.
I was wrong. In fact, I would be hard pressed to decide which of…
It was a dark and stormy night in the Black Hawk condo complex of Saint Lucifer, California. Okay, it wasn't storming, it was balmy; and it wasn't Black Hawk, it was Bahia Vista in San Rafael, California, not Saint Lucifer; and it wasn't quite dark, but the sun was setting.
Eerie screams, loud, annoying water drips and deep, deep voices came from inside one dark, dank dwelling. Three smiling pumpkins with flickering faces led the way to the door. One very short goblin walked slowly up the sidewalk with his mother by his side. He lifted one foot high and braced to bring the other up on the…
Send us pictures of your best Halloween Costume to win Official Scientificblogging stuff!
Remember the Halloween when you pinned cinnamon buns over your ears because you were Princess Leia and the time you covered yourself in foil and said you were a baked potato? Well, we at Scientificblogging are dying to see pictures of your Halloween costumes.
PRIZESFirst Place: Scientificblogging SweatshirtSecond Place: Scientificblogging ShirtThird Place: Scientificblogging Mug
Deadline: Wednesday, October 29thSend your pictures to jen@scientificblogging.com
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Way is here to a ton of joy for our hearts and minds and bodies, folks. It is that time of the year. Let's visualize giant pumpkins... Two-thousand pounds of feast for the eyes and the stomachs. And 1900 pumpkin pies!
Pumpkins are our joy
For every girl and boy
Those who carve them
Pies are not a toy!
I am not teaching you how to grow giant pumpkins.(1) Perhaps I would convince you to become a grower like Joe Sutras of Rhode Island. His pumpkin of 1689 pounds broke the world record in 2007.
My list shows you the top countries in this giant-pumpkin race. The barrier at 1100 pounds (500…