TVO (public television in Ontario) recently aired a lecture by Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and an author discussing his latest book Musicophilia. I’ve always been interested in the understanding music on a neurological basis. Music seems so universal that I often wonder what is happening on a neurological basis to make it such? I’ve jotted down a few key [...]
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There has been a spate of activity in the nanotech realm lately. Over the past few months I’ve tracked several new developments. Here they are in no particular order: spine, ram, solar cell, ca
1) Solar Power: The problem with solar technology is the high cost of the solar cells. The [...]
[ Response to: Unapproved cancer therapy DCA makes some tumours worse (ANNE McILROY) ]
The Globe and Mail reports that DCA has been shown ineffective in colorectal cancer and even worse, it has been shown to protect certain cancerous cells.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/unapproved-cancer-therapy-dca-makes-some-tumours-worse/article1806516/
The article made it to the Associated Press as well:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/FeedsAP/2010/11/life-sciences-unapproved-cancer-therapy-dca-makes-some-tumours-w/
The state of science reporting is truly depressing [...]
In honour of Ben Stein’s Canadian release of “Expelled – No Intelligence Allowed”
http://www.expelledthemovie.com/playground.php
I have produced a nice javascript demo of one of the basic concepts of evolution: natural (cumulative) selection.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Ben Stein is a very intelligent person. Having said that I think when it came to taking attendance in biology [...]
