Some of our dark matter is missing

Posted in Science at 4:40 pm by David Bradley -- 2 Comments; add yours  

I wrote about the missing dark matter debacle back in April for my Pivot Points column in The Euroscientist. The post is now online. There has been much debate as to whether or not the evidence stacks up against this truly unknown quantity that we cannot touch, see, or measure.

I talked to Christian Moni-Bidin of the University of the Conception, Chile, who has demonstrated …

2 Comments; add yours

The Cambridge Phenomenon

Posted in Science at 2:54 am by David Bradley -- Click to comment  

Just received a copy of The Cambridge Phenomenon by Kate Kirk and Charles Cotton with a foreword by Bill Gates that gives us a timeline of the evolution of Silicon Fen over the last half century. You can see a timeline on the associated website.

From the first home computer to the ARM chip in almost every mobile phone, from the sequencing of the human genome …

Have your say

Can Rutaesomn decaf your body? #herbal

Posted in Science at 2:22 pm by David Bradley -- 3 Comments; add yours  

UPDATES: The makers of the product commented below and also emailed me some of their studies. They say: “Regarding the dose, our target was to be safe as well as effective. We did an internal review of all the available studies and combined them with our own studies on human liver cells in our lab. We chose a dose that was still effective for CYP1A2 induction (for caffeine metabolism) but under the effective doses for …

3 Comments; add yours

Wellcome to Brains

Posted in Science at 9:26 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment  

As I was in London earlier this week for the Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist exhibition opening at The Queen’s Gallery it seemed churlish not to take in the Wellcome Collection’s fascinating Brains exhibition too, which dovetailed nicely with the bizarre view that Leonardo and his contemporaries had of brain structure.

Anyway, here’s the exhibition’s video trailer, and yes they do have some samples of Einstein’s brains. Apparently, he wanted to be cremated but someone …

Have your say

« Previous Page« Previous entries « Previous Page · Next Page » Next entries »Next Page » Blog Archives »

While you learn more about science, consider checking out cheap printer cartridges and printer ink cartridges and related stuff.