Vaguely Sciency Stuff

Canadians Abroad

Apr. 25, 2013 — The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum’s underground storeroom proves that a non-native ‘big cat’ prowled the British countryside at the turn of the…

Carry On Roma

With all the to-do about these folks lately, I thought the following might be apropos: Dec. 6, 2012 — Despite their modern-day diversity of language, lifestyle, and religion, Europe’s widespread…

Mathys Get Punked

A quick update to this post from April 2012, which is about a paper withdrawn from the journal Applied Mathematics Letters because it had “no mathematical content”. Now we have…

Life On Mars?

Last week Curiosity was able to use its SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) device to confirm the discovery. A robotic arm with a complex system of Spectral Analysis devices was…

Bloop No More

This is terribly disappointing:The broad spectrum sounds recorded in the summer of 1997 are consistent with icequakes generated by large icebergs as they crack and fracture. NOAA hydrophones deployed in…

Elsevier Pranked

Elsevier is a very large publisher of scientific and medical journals. It has been boycotted recently number of high-profile scientists due to its high subscription prices for individual journals, bundling…

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