Researches keep moving along with solar power advancements. The latest advancement is a new antireflective coating that allows solar panels to absorb more sunlight.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount [...]
I’ve been wanting to get back into shape. These new pills could be the perfect solution.
In a series of startling experiments in mice, the drugs improved the ability of cells to burn fat and retain muscle mass, and they substantially prolonged endurance during exercise. Using one of the compounds for just a month, [...]
Test: Can you tell whether this cow was treated well or not?
How much histrionic handwringing about this beef recall do we have to endure? From The New York Times, presumably nicknamed “The Gray Lady” because it’s gone senile, writes:
“A nauseating video of cows stumbling on their way to a California slaughterhouse has [...]
The Good Lord’s reputation for cruelty amidst our world’s heathen is in no way improved when scientists make discoveries like this:
“A sexy sway of the hips, long-believed to be a sign [of] seduction from women, actually may mean back off, according to a new study. “A woman with a sexy [...]
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus - New York Times
In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes. Alluding to his office’s famous 1964 report on the perils of smoking, Dr. Koop announced that the American diet was [...]
The function of the appendix seems related to the massive amount of bacteria populating the human digestive system, according to the study in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. There are more bacteria than human cells in the typical body. Most of it is good and helps digest food. But sometimes [...]
Survey: Less Than Half of all Published Scientists Endorse Global Warming Theory
In 2004, history professor Naomi Oreskes performed a survey of research papers on climate change. Examining peer-reviewed papers published on the ISI Web of Science database from 1993 to 2003, she found a majority supported the “consensus view,” defined as humans were [...]
The answer climate sensitivity, diminishing curves, CO2 doubling, historical empirical data and more. Warren Meyer explains the whole thing with just two charts.
Coyote Blog: Problems With Catastrophic Global Warming Shown in Two Charts
To get a sensitivity of 3.0ºC, one has to assume that global warming due solely to man’s CO2 (nothing else) would [...]
It turns out that I don’t read too much. In reading, I’m strengthening my brain and preparing it for old age. So say researchers in the July 31 edition of Neurology. Mental Abilities: Good Readers Better Able to Retain Brain Skills - New York Times
It is not surprising that when doctors examined people [...]
I’m ecstatic to see that not everyone believes that my iPod is destroying the planet.
Local scientist calls global warming theory ‘hooey’
Reid Bryson, known as the father of scientific climatology, considers global warming a bunch of hooey. The UW-Madison professor emeritus, who stands against the scientific consensus on this issue, is [...]