There is so much controversy over Daylight Saving Time — who benefits?, does it really save energy?, is it worth the hassle? – that maybe we should dump it altogether in favor of “Mecca Time.” At least that is what some Muslim scientists meeting in Qatar have called for — nothing less than the worldwide […]
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If Daylight Saving Time wasn’t bad enough…
Published April 21st, 2008 in Bizarre, Earth, Human World and Science. 3 CommentsWhile most of us slept on the morning of March 19, hours before the death of famed science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke was announced, a shot rang out in the Universe the likes of which are unknown in human history. By a preliminary analysis, this object was visible to the unaided human eye in […]
Ben Franklin pulled Paris’s leg…
Published March 8th, 2008 in environment, fallacies, Bizarre, Innovation, Body & Mind, Climate and Human World. 6 Comments…and we fell for it.
Living in Paris in April 1784, Benjamin Franklin wrote an article — fully tongue in cheek, that suggested a way that Parisians might save money on candle wax and lamp oil. (Read it here: Ben Franklin’s Essay on Daylight Saving.) Though meant as a joke, Americans and much of the western […]
What’s behind all this, an alien conspiracy? Is the government hiding something from us? Well, I think we all know what is going on. And if you don’t know, you need to get informed. For anyone who has observed the skies for more than a few years, it is obvious that stars are disappearing. And […]
Astronomy is not just for the sighted anymore.
Back in August, Deborah Byrd posted a blog about “Why do some people resist science?” It generated a lot of interest. Now author Chris Mooney has published a book called “The Republican War on Science,” and you can hear a 27-minute interview with Mr. Mooney on “USCD Guestbook” with Naomi Oreskes:
The Republican War on Science. […]