A great look at the real causes of autism
Why everyone suddenly has autism. It’s NOT what you think. A brilliant look at case studies and getting to the truth behind cause and effect.
Category: Research
A Warning from Trees: Miyake Events
14,300 years ago, a pine forest in France bore witness to an event that has never been experienced in modern times: a bombardment of solar particles so fierce that it would likely knock out all communications satellites and fry power grids across the globe if it were to happen today. While we often point to the Carrington Event of 1859, (that knocked out all telegraph communications around the world), as a worst-case scenario, for solar storms, the 774-75 AD storm was at least 10 times stronger.
Zooniverse – Sudan Road Access Project
I’m an active participant in the Zooniverse community and regularly receive newsletters regarding new projects. In the past I’ve been involved with Star Notes – helped to transcribe the groundbreaking work of early Harvard astronomers, Galaxy Zoo – helped classify …
Neil deGrasse Tyson Playlist
Today I am sharing my current Neil deGrasse Tyson “shorts” playlist from YouTube. Within it are his commentaries on everything from Newton to neutrinos and everything in between. While heavily science driven (well, of course), Neil often comments on everyday …
Richard Feynman and the Challenger disaster
The Challenger disaster was a devastating blow and prompted President Ronald Reagan to convene fourteen extraordinary specialists to investigate the cause of the accident. The result was the Rogers Commission, named for its chairman William P. Rogers, and included Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, physics Nobel laurate Richard Feynman, and mechanical engineer, Roger M. Boisjoly of Moron Thiokol, who had warned NASA of the uncertainty of the O-ring and its possible failure, which unfortunately came to fruition.
What’s the real cause of peanut allergies?
What have we done?
Seems the public succumbed to terrible advice regarding peanut allergies, thus, causing the very allergy now so prevalent in children. But wait, it’s only a problem in certain areas.