Archive for the ‘Understanding about scientific inquiry’ Category

  • BigFoot Revealed: BigHoax!

    Bigfoot film was a fraud, a hoax, says man who played bigfoot in 1967 film. Why do so many people believe in cryptozoology?


    Thursday, April 1st, 2004
  • Nobel Prizefight

    Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology given to inventors of MRI machine — but were these guys really the inventors? Meet an unprecedented PR campaign to change the Nobel.


    Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
  • Nuclear Wizard Dies

    Edward Teller helped invent the hydrogen bomb, then pushed missile defense. By public advocacy and secret research, he changed the 20th century.


    Thursday, September 25th, 2003
  • Accidents: Why Do They Happen?

    Manned space flight is expensive — and risky. What causes accidents? Was the destruction of space shuttle Columbia a result of NASA’s failed safety culture? Are accidents normal?


    Thursday, September 11th, 2003
  • Homestake Goldmine: Science Lab?

    An international team of scientists selected the Homestake goldmine to be the world’s deepest underground lab, but the project may sink.


    Thursday, July 10th, 2003
  • Science Publications: Censorship Needed?

    Scientific journals choose self-censorship, decide not to publish articles related to biological weapons, bioterrorism and national security. Is this a necessary change in scientific tradition, or an over-reaction to a fearful political climate?


    Thursday, February 27th, 2003
  • Scientific Methods on Trial

    Genetically modified corn in Mexico starts scientific scandal; journal retracts article. What do we really learn from scientific publications? How have money and patents changed the scientific process?


    Thursday, April 25th, 2002
  • Global Warming: Old Records, New Evidence

    New evidence from records of lake ice freezing and thawing is evidence for global warming.


    Tuesday, September 11th, 2001
  • Archaeology and War

    War and civil strife make life difficult for archeologists and destroy archeological sites, but some archeology sites are strictly about war. We name names and give examples.


    Wednesday, May 23rd, 2001
  • April Fools or Science Fact?
    April Fools or Science Fact?

    Scientific myths and fables have a long life: The Coke myth, the lemming myth, the baffling butterflies, and a raft of errors in science textbooks.


    Thursday, March 29th, 2001


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