My man Dave DePew has an intriguing post up about how soy products, far from being the world-saving, nation-feeding panacea they’re often portrayed as by agribusiness interests and damn dirty hippies (I’m kidding) are actually not terribly good for you, with a lot of carcinogenic properties and other odd correlations to health problems. [link]
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In astronomy, light pollution refers to the fact that typical city lights happen to drown out the night sky, since they often share the same wavelengths, and the proximity of the polluting city light is much closer.
This picture demonstrates the phenomenon very clearly: [link]
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For the first time, astronomers have gotten an idea of how black holes can propel stars entirely out of galaxies.
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People just can’t stop themselves from pushing the envelope on stuff like this, apparently. A doctor has created –and since destroyed– five human embryos cloned from his own skin cells implanted into eggs: [link]
And here’s an unrelated classic from Frankenstein’s labs: [link]
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Here’s a hilariously true flowchart of the Richard Feynman decision-making process: [link]
Hard to believe he’s been gone almost twenty years.
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There’s a bright comet in the morning and evening skies, dropping by for a limited-time engagement, so get out of your la-z-boys, grab a pair of binoculars, and check it out. [link]
Parents, this is a great time to get your kids interested and involved in the sciences, or specifically in astronomy, which can be a [...]