“All models are wrong, but some are useful.”
But faced with massive data, this approach to science — hypothesize, model, test — is becoming obsolete. Consider physics: Newtonian models were crude approximations of the truth (wrong at the atomic level, but still…
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George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.
In 1960, he left with a Texas radio buddy, Jack Burns, for Hollywood to pursue a nightclub career as comedy team Burns & Carlin. He left with $300, but his first break came just months later when the duo appeared on the Tonight Show with Jack…
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Do Pharmaceuticals Make You Healthy? Health Ranger Announces $10,000 Health Challenge to Big Pharma
Read this special report now… “Seven Words That Can Change the World reveals the astonishing, simple truths that have the power to forever transform our world for the better while freeing our minds from the enslavement of limiting beliefs….
Information gleaned from a Greenland ice core by an international science team shows that two huge Northern Hemisphere temperature spikes prior to the close of the last ice age some 11,500 years ago were tied to fundamental shifts in atmospheric circulation.
The ice core showed the Northern Hemisphere briefly emerged from the last ice age some 14,700 years ago with a 22-degree-Fahrenheit spike in just 50 years, then plunged back into icy conditions before abruptly warming again about 11,700…
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So what’s up with our Sun? Is it going through a depression? It seems as if our closest star is experiencing a surprisingly uneventful couple of years. Solar minimum has supposedly passed and we should be seeing a lot more magnetic activity, and we certainly should be observing lots more sunspots.
As pointed out by David Hathaway, a solar physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the fact that sunspots have already been observed in this new cycle means that it is highly unlikely we face anything as extreme as another…
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Now 19, Alia Sabur is a PhD engineer, black belt in martial arts and music prodigy.
In New Orleans, Sabur is old enough to teach, but not to join her fellow professors in a bar after work. In Korea, where the drinking age is 20, she might have more luck. In traditional Korean culture, children are considered to be 1 year old when…
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A collection of never before seen pictures, from the heyday of America’s exploration of space. Enjoy some truly stunning shots.
The book uses nearly 500 stunning photographs to tell the agency's story, from the drama of lift-off, to tension in mission control, to the humor and humanity portrayed in the faces of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and political leaders.
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Where do you draw the fine line between brilliance and madness? Bipolar disorder is the mental illness characterised by huge swings in mood and energy levels. “When you’re on a high, you feel you can do anything,”
2008-04-18The delicate line between genius and madnessJane Cadzow, SydneyNationalhttp://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/04/18/PM_boland_wideweb__470×310,0.jpgChannel Seven executive Adam Boland, who has bipolar disorder: “When you are…
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Some movies are just too boring, too gruesome, or just plain too weird - but somehow are still great. You want to turn away, or leave the theater, but in the end it turns out to be one of your all time favorites. These are the top ten most difficult to watch — but still insanely awesome — movies. *Warning this article contains spoilers.
Top 10 most difficult to watch (but still insanely awesome) movies
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Perhaps the aging process cant be stopped. But it can be predicted, and new research from Tel Aviv University indicates that people may live longer and lead healthier lives as a result.
Christened the osseographic score (OSS), this new marker can be used by doctors as a scientific tool for predicting a persons general functioning and lifespan, says Tel Aviv University scientist Dr. Leonid Kalichman, an instructor at…
