The Science edition from the 24th of February also describes an online collection of “Twisted Science” exibits. It is about the online version of an exhibit of “deadly medicine” at the U.S.
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Embryonic stem cells drama (or comedy?)
Hwang Woo-suk went in a relatively short time from international research hero (hailed as the “Stem Cell” Man) to one of the most disgraced scientists in human history. At this moment he faces prosecution in his own country and his two landmark co-authored papers were finally withdrawn by the editors from Science.
→ Read more Science’s Breakthrough of the Year 2005
“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”
– Theodosius Dobzhansky-
You should not miss this if you are at all interested in science: the entire Breakthrough of 2005 issue of the prestigious journal Science will be available online here, free for everybody until March 2006. → Read more
A bit about the Unabomber & eco-terrorism
In his “Nothing is Sacred. Economic Ideas for the New Millenium”– a book I very much enjoyed, although that is not to say that I agreed 100% with the views stated in it- Robert Barro, one of the pre-eminent current economists and possibly an Economics Nobel Laureate not so far in the future, also talks about Al Gore’s “outrageous book”: “Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit” and his extreme environmental positions taken there.
→ Read more Vote for the most annoying sound!
This is a very interesting scientific experiment designed to find out which noise people find most horrible. To be honest I’ve heard much nastier ones, but some of these will do as well: just put the sound at maximum when you listen to them… The site has also some interesting facts about sounds and what makes for a bad sound and the like. → Read more