At The Guardian, blogger GrrlScientist is passing out Nobel Prizes for Quackpottery in the fields of physiology, physics, and chemistry. The prizes are awarded to actual Nobel Laureates who have made deep and long-lasting contributions to undermining their own credibility by latching onto hypotheses they can't back up with evidence and then continuing to promote those hypotheses despite the lack of evidence. It's a nice reminder that scientists are human, and that even very, very smart people are not always rational people.
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2:31 pm Wed
Oct 10, 2012
The Nobel Prize in Quackpottery
"Old gas blob from Uranus found in vintage Voyager 2 data"
Yes, that is actually Space.com’s brilliant headline on this story about a new discovery from data collected in 1986 by NASA’s intrepid spacecraft. When the probe neared Uranus (heh heh), it measured the planet’s surrounding magnetic field. Recently, NASA scientists Gina DiBraccio and Daniel Gershman analyzing Voyager’s old data found a “wobble” in Uranus’s magnetosphere […]
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It's fun to watch tardigrades squirm around on Twitch, adorably
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Scientists: Drug hippos are... good?
Cocaine, as they say, is one hell of a drug. In fact, it was recently shown in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science to have greatly helped the re-wilding a good chunk of Columbia. How you might ask? Pablo Escobar’s hippos, which are still hanging around breeding in Columbia […]
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Transform your home office with this dual-use aquaponic or hydroponic water garden that's on sale
If you’re already incredibly bored in your social distancing situation, now is a great time to pick up a hobby. Actually, now’s a great time to pick up multiple hobbies, and nothing will make that easier (or nicer to look at) than this very cool AquaSprouts® Fountain: Aquaponics Water Garden. What the heck is an […]
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Keep your mind sharp and your options open with over 600 expert-led online workforce courses
Many Americans are facing unexpected changes in their professional lives that have left them with quite a bit of downtime. It’s stressful and frustrating, but the best thing to do is focus on controlling what you can control. If you have extra hours on your hands, you can be productive with them. Use them to […]
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These 20 headphone offers should help bring peace and quiet to the home office
Odds are, you picked your home as the best location to hang up your business outfits so you could relax and enjoy your off-hours in peace and comfort. Unfortunately, worlds are now colliding. In many cases, your home is now also your place of business. And trying to finish reports or make calls doesn’t always […]
