NASAdude

I keep news items and web pages open of anything I think is interesting and might have potential for sharing and/or commentary on the blog. As of late (and it's not the first time) I have a fairly large list of pages open, but no real motivation to single out one for this site. So I present to you... random items that were interesting, but not quite inspiring.

Flash animation of the drawing process of the human form
PA Game Commission may allow use of the atlatl as a hunting weapon
Caffeine levels in coffee varies widely
Evil ionic air filters (support of a similar story I reported exactly one year ago)
appetite-suppressing hormone for treating obesity
The science of Jello shots (not appropriate for the elementary school science fair)
The [bad] math of cow tipping. (the math is wrong... it's not a statics problem, and a cow is not a rigid body... lots of comments agreeing with this view on Slashdot's article on this topic)

A theme of articles that relate to the whole Intelligent Design topic I've previously discussed:
Intelligent design's place at the table
An ID commentary
Kansas state school board adopts teaching of ID (and they redefine "science" too!) Be glad you don't have kids in the Kansas school system.
In a comment, a user points out:

> The issue here is that they redefine science. Truly a sad day.
Behe redefined science at the Dover trial, and had to admit under crossexamination that astrology meets his definition of science.

It opens the door for astrology, tarot cards, ouija boards, voodoo, witchcraft, scientology -- just about anything -- to be in the realm of "science." Truly a sad day indeed.

Backlog abated! Thank you for your patience. I hope you found some of them to be interesting. Rather, I hope they weren't so bad that they made you vomit a little in your mouth.