I have no idea if it is ok to call the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences “The Sedge”; but it should be. For St. Patrick’s Day, we took The Frogger and The Bell to The Sedge to hunt dinosaurs: Continue reading “Tripping the Sedge”
Author: Josh Witten
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Cell phones don’t cause blinding either
According to a preliminary study in the Journal of the American Medical Association – “Effects of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Signal Exposure on Brain Glucose Metabolism” (Volkow et al. 2011) – the radio frequency emissions from cell phones can cause detectable changes in the metabolism of a specific brain region.
In healthy participants and compared with no exposure, 50-minute cell phone exposure was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism in the region closest to the antenna. This finding is of unknown clinical significance.
While there has been a great deal of speculation in the media regarding the mechanism of this effect, we need to dedicated some thought to whether there is actually an effect that requires explanation.
This is Good Rugby
Actually, this is GREAT rugby. On a weekend when a very committed Italy defeated a disinterested France in the Six Nations, the highlight was Chris Paterson‘s try saving tackle against Ben Foden (one of the most dangerous runner’s in the Northern Hemisphere) in the England v Scotland test. This is fabulous defense. Poor Dr. Mrs. Rugbyologist was forced to watch this at least seventeen times. You should watch at least once.
*Hat tip to RugbyDump.com
In the Beginning. . .or Icky Genesis Genetics
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
– Genesis 1:1-2 (King James Version – KJV)
And then he made humans, at least twice-ish[1]. Embarrassingly, he seemed to only make one family, which meant that when it came time for Adam and Eve’s son, Cain[2], to go looking for a bride, he was not going to go looking very far from home.
If you are not descended from a line of Egyptian pharaohs, now is the time to say “EWWW!” and start wondering why all of humanity doesn’t look like Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel. Continue reading “In the Beginning. . .or Icky Genesis Genetics”
Bath Time at 1:7 Scale
I have to give my two year old daughter credit for her great attitude.
Were I to be scrubbed clean by a, to scale, 12 foot tall, 1500 pound man, I’m not sure I’d be so circumspect.
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