Context is so important – that stats course I keep thinking about taking is coming closer to top of mind. ๐ Filed under: Science Tagged: Science, Statisitcs
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Dead Wild Roses: Water Hammer โ Now you know the Engineering Behind the Problem
I’m glad youtube exists for videos like this one.ย It allows me to make more reasonable calls to my plumber because stuff like “pipe make bad noise” just seems silly. ๐ Filed under: Education Tagged: Engineering, Science, The Moar You Know
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Most Dangerous Drug in the World.
Ubiquity seems to be the qualifying factor. Filed under: Science Tagged: Drugs, Lethal Dose, Science
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Can Science Turn Conservatives Into Liberals?
Ever since my days at McGill, I've been interested in studying the brains of Cons, to try to determine what makes them so dumb and so bestial.And for years I've known that what sets those brains apart from those of normal people is the size of the amygdala, or fear
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Minute Physics โ Star Corpses
Science break, folks. ๐ Filed under: Science Tagged: Science, Star Corpses
Continue readingThings Are Good: 15,000 Scientists Want to Change Climate Change
They want to stabilize the change and, ideally, change the trajectory we’re on. Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the positive feedback loops have started (meaning that it’s even harder to stop climate change) – this is the warning from over 15,000 scientists. The Alliance of World Scientists
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Governor General To Be Proud Of
While the traditional role of the Governor General is to play the mute on any issues that may upset some, smile engagingly at state functions and mouth sanctimonious platitudes upon demand, Julie Payette has a different take on her function. I applaud her for it.It is difficult to understand how,
Continue readingScripturient: The ignorati rise
Chapman University recently published the results of a depressing, but hardly surprising, survey that shows American believe in codswallop continue to rise. Not political codswallop – this is the supernatural, paranormal, wingnut type. And the numbers are huge. Or yuge as the ignorati-in-chief would say. The article notes, “nearly three-fourths
Continue readingScripturient: The dogshit dilemma
We have a problem with dogshit. Well, all municipalities do, of course, but ours is increasingly evident: itโs everywhere. And with the growing popularity of pets and our growing population, itโs becoming worse.* How do we deal with it? We pick it up, of course, as we dispose of it
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Is Reality Real- The Simulation Argument
It might explain what is happening in the US, if our alien observers accidentally split the stupid sauce on the hard drive… Filed under: Science Tagged: Philosophy, Reality, Science
Continue readingPostArctica: Dissolving Clouds
Came across this and began to wonder… If I could do it too… So today I dissolved some clouds using only the powers of my mind. It took longer than I thought it would.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Northern Lights โ Pictures over Norway
Auroral Corona over Norway : Higher than the highest mountain lies the realm of the aurora. Auroras rarely reach below 60 kilometers, and can range up to 1000 kilometers. Aurora light results from energetic electrons and protons striking atoms and molecules in the Earths atmosphere. Somewhat uncommon, an auroral corona
Continue readingScripturient: Forty years of geekitude
It was forty years ago this fall, in 1977, that I bought my first computer. I had little experience with computers prior to that – a few weeks working after hours on an APL system at the U of T, mostly to play games against the machine, reading a few
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Information Paradox โ Black Holes
Break your brain on the implications of black holes and our reality. Filed under: Science Tagged: Black Holes, Science
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Evidence for Democracy has released the candidates’ responses to its questions about science in Canada. And Canadian Dimension offers replies on key issues facing Canada’s left, while Drew Brown suggests that the leadership campaign should be focusing on bringing the NDP
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Solar Eclipse from Regina, SK
The eclipse today was visible from Regina, but not the totality available to Americans in many states. My new Canon SX540 HS did a good job with a pair of solar eclipse filter glasses taped over the lens. The sunspot chain was very sharp and visible at 200X digital zoom,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Will Batteries Power The World? | The Limits Of Lithium-ion โ Minute Physics
Moar Science. ๐ Filed under: Science Tagged: Batteries, Ion, Lithium, Minute Physics, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: You Canโt Have Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet โ Paul Gilding Remix
Seems obvious, no? Watch a well put together seven minute essay on why we need to change, and the sooner the better. Filed under: Science Tagged: Paul Gilding, Science, Sustainable Future
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why Mars is so darn hard to land on โ Minute Physics
Nothing like being in the sweet spot for the necessity of complex landing procedures. Filed under: Science Tagged: Mars Landing, Science
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Physics of Curling
Filed under: Science Tagged: Curling, Physics
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