• The Environment

    Calamities on the Horizon

    By Posted on 6.24.2008 4 Comments

    Here at Popular Science, we're pretty optimistic about the potential for large-scale technological projects. But sometimes the cutting edge can cut in destructive ways. Join us as we look at five upcoming projects that have the potential to wreak destruction on the environment.

    6.24.2008 at 12:00am - Comment by truekiwibrowne

    just a note..... all the "pollution" in that photo is steam, which is made up of H2O. And is not harmful to the environment.

  • Science

    One in Eight U.S. Biology Teachers Teaches Creationism

    By Posted on 2.12.2009 109 Comments

    The results of the first national survey of teachers about evolution in their classrooms are in. Darwin would quiver in his boots to learn that in this day and age, one in eight American biology teachers teach creationism and intelligent design as a sound alternative to his theory. In fact, 13 percent of the country’s teachers think they can run an excellent biology class without even mentioning Darwin or evolution.

    5.27.2008 at 01:18am - Comment by truekiwibrowne

    Neither of these "theory's" can be proven but I would rather go for the "theory" that has a written historic record. which is most obviously the creationist view. A written record is a lot more sure than trying to "read" the history in some rocks.

  • Science

    The 'Whos' and 'Whichs' of Chimpanzees

    By Posted on 4.14.2008 9 Comments

    Ive been thinking about chimps lately. I called them a who and not a which in a recent piece I produced for the American Museum of Natural History. This earned me a virtual slap by my copy editor. As in: Chimpanzees, who WHICH are not bipedal… I was just giving a nod to a fellow hominid—the taxonomic group that includes chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans. Pan troglodytes are 99.8% genetically similar to us, making them our closest living relative.

    4.14.2008 at 10:13pm - Comment by truekiwibrowne

    Hey mate bananas share 99.9% of our genetic code with us. So i don't know why Pan troglodytes are considered more closely related to us then bananas

  • Science

    When Whales Walked the Earth

    By Posted on 4.8.2008 5 Comments

    Standing two to three feet tall on legs adapted to wade through shallow water, the 48-million-year-old Indohyus is the missing link between modern-day whales and their land-lubbing ancestors.

    4.9.2008 at 01:55am - Comment by truekiwibrowne

    Also can someone tell me how scientists "KNOW" that the Indohyus lived 56 to 34 million years ago.

  • Science

    When Whales Walked the Earth

    By Posted on 4.8.2008 5 Comments

    Standing two to three feet tall on legs adapted to wade through shallow water, the 48-million-year-old Indohyus is the missing link between modern-day whales and their land-lubbing ancestors.

    4.9.2008 at 01:52am - Comment by truekiwibrowne

    Having the same skeletal similarities does not mean anything because there are LAND animals which have skeletal similarities with whales. So I cant see how scientists can "KNOW" that the Indohyus belongs in the evolutionary path with whales.

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    The Flying Pickle Solution

    By Posted on 4.7.2008 2 Comments

    Newspapers are still struggling to find their place in a world increasingly overwhelmed by digital media. Readership is down, ad revenues are down, even revenues on the Web editions of many papers are down. Some papers—the Guardian and Telegraph in London, for example—have even experimented with a printable PDF version of their sites in an attempt to reach those who browse online but ultimately want a paper copy in their hands. At this intersection of print and Web comes another concept, one which is proving both popular with its readership and economically successful: the Flying Pickle.

    4.8.2008 at 03:44am - Comment by truekiwibrowne

    totally agree with you there mate :)

  • Science

    It May be Preposterous but it’s Still Science

    By Posted on 3.18.2008 4 Comments

    Is all this work on string theory and multiple dimensions and extra universes still science? Thats the question physicist Sean Carroll and writer John Horgan recently debated. Carroll, of the California Institute of Technology, also blogs regularly for Cosmic Variance, and he wrote out a detailed post explaining his position. Obviously, as a cosmologist who works full-time on these seemingly preposterous ideas, he is a bit biased. Hes not the guy youd expect to stop and say it isnt real science. But his piece on the subject does effectively explain why he and, one assumes, other theoretical physicists working on these problems think this way.

    3.19.2008 at 01:57am - Comment by truekiwibrowne

    the string theory is rubbish anyway it cant be proved or tested. its no better than the l8 big bang theory, its probably worse.



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