by Tom | Oct 19, 2007 | Science
Very interesting to be forced to remember stuff you don’t really have to remember. I got 100%, thankfully. I do self-describe as a scientist, donchaknow.
by Tom | Sep 29, 2007 | Science
Good Bad Science on acupuncture – sham is no different to real.
by Tom | Sep 20, 2007 | Science
Two contrasting developments in sense-related technology:A simple pain inflicting ray could mess up warfare and massively enhance 4GW (imagine a terrorist cell with one of these: get rid of the guards at the X and then bomb it).Haptic sensors (here cat’s...
by Tom | Sep 17, 2007 | Science
Nice exhibition on conflict from MagnumThe NorthWest passage is open for the first time we knowArsTechnica gets in to homeopathyWould you leave a man with two dicks?
by Tom | Sep 8, 2007 | Science
Scary, but true. You can light a match with a DVD laser (and some soldering skills I don’t have). Shows 1) how good lasers are and 2) how much technology there is in what we see as simple things.
by Tom | Aug 30, 2007 | Science
China has to come to a halt or find some serious new technology (which Lovelock doesn’t think will be possible):To put it another way, China now seems likely to need as much energy in2010 as it thought it would need in 2020 under the most...