Macroevolution Vs Microevolution Arguments
There have been several Skeptoid posts over the last month that touched base with evolution and evolutionary theory. Several time the terms “Macroevolution” and “Microevolution” have been used by...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t do amateur archeology …
A couple of months ago this picture made its way around Tumblr and Imgur. Just when you think you are excavating some bizarro seal, you get … (scroll down) … a trapdoor spider! Thanks to the comments...
View ArticleThe Inner Solar System: Venus
The other day I realized I haven’t written about any of the inner planets. I picked the planet that I’m least familiar with, Venus, the second planet from the sun, Earth’s twin. Above Image: The planet...
View ArticleCalculations for the start of Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic Calendar, and it will start next week. It is generally observed as a month of fasting and spiritual reflection on one’s sins. Observing Ramadan is one of the...
View ArticleThe Science of Mindfulness (part 1)
This is part 1 of a follow-up post on my initial blog article on the science (and my supposed lack thereof) of Mindfulness, a technique used within some psychotherapy circles. The post was written...
View ArticleSpinal Primer
Back pain and neck pain are common medical problems in the western world. In television, print, and the internet there is spine information overload . Often information is frankly snake oil or a scam....
View ArticleJuno: Unlocking Jupiter’s Mysteries (with videos)
Image Credit: NASA Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission to Jupiter that launched on August 5th, 2011 and is due to arrive in orbit in July 2016. This mission is unique because it is the first that...
View ArticleNerd Fight – And We All Benefit
In case you missed it – Neil deGrasse Tyson and Brian Cox had a brief twitter exchange regarding light sabers this week. These type of discussions are always exciting, because they are great...
View ArticleSinging voices: a classification or a convention?
Traditionally, singing voices have been classified in six groups: three for men (bass, baritone and tenor) and three for women (soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto). But is there something behind it,...
View ArticleIf You Are Avoiding Vaccinating Your Child For HPV. Let Me Help You.
American actor Michael Douglas has claimed publicly that his throat cancer was the result of oral sex with a as yet unnamed female. His claim is weak at best, given his his history of smoking. In my...
View ArticlePluto: Not An Ordinary Dwarf Planet
Above Image: A Hubble Space Telescope image of Pluto and its moons. Charon is the largest moon close to Pluto. The other four bright dots are smaller moons discovered in 2005, 2011 and 2012. Image...
View ArticleThe Science of Mindfulness (part 2)
This is the second part of my article on the science of mindfulness. The first part can be found here. Both are a follow-up on my initial post, where I discussed a Belgian TV documentary (rather well...
View Article“Obama-care” and Woo
The Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as “Obamacare” is approaching its main implementation phase in 2014. This is the United States first foray into socialized...
View ArticleHistory of our “pale blue dot”
Discovery has a nice photo series on our “pale blue dot”, photos of our Earth taken from space. The series goes from the first suborbital photos of our Earth in 1946 (taken by a V2), to a double...
View ArticleFrankenmeatophobia
Over ten years ago, I wrote a short piece about the potential for meat grown in a laboratory. The process is straightforward: acquire muscle tissue from an animal and endlessly propagate it to produce...
View ArticleThe Science of Mindfulness (part 3)
This is my final post on the science of mindfulness. The two previous installments can be found here and here. All three posts were a follow-up on an initial post detailing a Belgian hype around the...
View ArticleIs It Time To Give Up Facebook?
We all know that the mainstream media loves a good, link-baiting headline, and that they are prone to simplification and exaggeration when it comes to science discoveries. So whenever I see the news...
View ArticleLearning from reddit
The Internet is chock full of sources of information, some better than others. I happen to think that a particular area of the site Reddit is quite good. So I’ve decided to write an article discussing...
View ArticleI Got The Flu Shot And Now I Got The Flu!
Last week, I wrote about “zombie news” stories coming around on my social media timelines and how it serves only to spread misinformation. While watching these news stories pop up over and over, I also...
View ArticleWhat is the Coriolis Effect and does it really affect my toilet water?
By now, everyone’s heard that the water that goes down the drain in their sinks and toilets spins clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere because of The...
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