I am far too competitive…
Even though I’ve run Folding@Home a few times before, I never did for very long. This time around I started last Monday in the Atheists, Skeptics, & Humanists team (182116) […]
Science
Tuesday Science News – Vaccines, Rising Land Masses, A Printed Plane, Neanderthals, Senses, and more!
The last few weeks compiling Tuesday Science News has taken me two to four hours. I know it’s shocking since it seems that there isn’t that much too it, but […]
My Trip to the Northwest “Science” Museum
Yesterday I went with 10 members of the local atheist community representing West Valley Freethinkers, Idaho Atheists, and Humanists of Idaho to the Northwest “Science” Museum. Proposed Design of the Northwest Science […]
Save the James Web Space Telescope
Lawrence Krauss put it well: Almost 20 years ago Congress cancelled what was then the most ambitious scientific project ever launched, the Superconducting Super Collider. Well on the way to […]
Thursday Question – What is the Supernatural?/Why Did I Believe?
The offer to answer your questions still stands. Each Thursday will be devoted to answering your questions, assuming there are any to answer. It’s your chance to determine what goes […]
Upcoming Local Events
The West Valley Freethinkers (WVFT) is hosting a joint field trip with Idaho Atheists and Cosmos Coffee Club to the opening exhibits of the Northwest “Science” Museum (a creationist hall […]
Did You Know?
This video is incredible, inspring… …and maybe a little scary… (Via RD.net)
Tuesday Science News – Top Quark, Texas Board of Education, Folding@Home, Resistant Rice, the Square Kilometre Array, and More!
New observations from the Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab in Illinois suggests a new heavy fundamental particle, currently being called the “top quark.” This contradicts the standard model. Fortunately when […]
Another Argument Against Homeopathy
Tuesday night I had a chicken salad sandwich and unfortunately I didn’t know that would contain chunks of apple. I didn’t figure it out until about half way through. I […]
Tuesday Science News – Piracy’s Impact on Science, Smart Lizards, STIs, the Future of Space Exploration, and More!
In this week’s Tuesday Science News we’re adding some multimedia. Enjoy! Climate research in a quarter of the Indian Ocean has been shut down by pirates. Now the scientists are […]