Remember the whole, “Scientists make sperm cell from stem cell” study published about a month back in Nature? Turns out, a portion of the introduction, the area where the scientist stakes their claim on why they did what did, was taken wholesale from another study published previously in another journal. So what does Nature do [...]

This is Dara O’Brian, a comedian, and he has some things to say about science:   Found it on the Bad Astonomy Blog.

Just saw this and think it’s been a long time coming, I just hope it gets people out and around to some of these parks. http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ Basically, it’s a six-part series that is dedicated to the national parks past and present. Ken Burn’s has done some of the best documentaries in the past decade ranging [...]

Finally done with my thesis and whatnot, so I should have some time to myself to start posting again. There’s a picture circulating around the web that really took me by surprise. I’ll post it here just to share. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/19/article-0-05C30DC4000005DC-422_634x542.jpg I made it as big as possible to share the effect. This is a re-rendered [...]

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of the Sony Walkman. This predecessor to all things technologically small captured our hearts and imaginations and is most likely the driving force behind our desire to have more portable, and fast technology. Here’s to another 30 years of getting ever smaller and faster!