Category Archives: General science

The seventeenth edition of The Giant’s Shoulders is up at The Primate Diaries!  Eric Michael Johnson put together an excellent Darwin Sesquicentennial Edition! The deadline for the next edition is December 15th, and it will be held at Just a … Continue reading →

Water on the Sun. If you thought finding water on the moon was surprising, let Invader Xan at Supernova Condensate explain how water has now been found on the surface of the Sun! Sprucing up your garden with carbon nanotubes. … Continue reading →

Thermodynamics shows US chief executives are paid nearly 130 times too much. From Jacob Aron at Just a Theory, we learn of the use of entropy calculations to demonstrate that U.S. CEOs are paid far more than they should be. … Continue reading →

There’s 12 days left until the deadline for The Giant’s Shoulders #17!  It will be held at The Primate Diaries, and entries can be submitted through blogcarnival.com or directly to the host blog, as usual!

Replication. teofilo at Gambler’s House talks about an interesting proposal for preserving delicate historical sites: build exact replicas of them!  Replicas of smaller artifacts could also be used to resolve disputes of ownership amongst various countries. Universe lets age clue … Continue reading →

Fall Colors and Autumn Leaves. Before you go out to view the fall foliage this year, take a look at this post by David Bradley at SciScoop Science Forum!  Researchers are seeking an explanation as to why leaves in the … Continue reading →

This week’s posts all got me thinking about familiar ideas in a whole new light: Deconstructing the placebo. The placebo effect is so well-known that it is almost taken for granted at times.  However, it is known that placebos have … Continue reading →