Science

I stumbled across an amusing bit of scientific confusion at Addicting Info ("The Knowledge You Crave") in an article titled "The U.S. Navy Just Announced The End Of Big Oil And No One Noticed." The author, Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario, says the U.S. Navy has "achieved the Holy Grail of energy independence – turning seawater into fuel."He's talking about an … [Read more...] about Not Quite the End of Big Oil

My sometimes co-blogger Ken and I often discuss the whole evolution-v.s.-creationism issue, and I've tried a few times to explain to him why I don't write about it much here. I occasionally discuss or speculate about some basic evolutionary science, and I've slammed some really idiotic creationist nonsense, but I just don't want to get into a debate about it.I got to … [Read more...] about Why I Don’t Debate Evolution

It's my understanding that DNA matching is arguably the best and most reliable of the forensic sciences. One reason is that it's based on scientific knowledge and ideas that were developed independently of its forensic uses. Scientists spent decades studying DNA: How it's structured, what it's made of, how it replicates, how it combines in sexual reproduction, and how it is … [Read more...] about From DNA to Questionable Science

Jamison Koehler put up a post on the fraction of your breath that a breathalyzer uses to estimate your blood alcohol ratio. He's had expert training in DUI defense and therefore DUI-related technology, whereas I've just had some basic math and science education. But it's an interesting subject, and I thought I'd try to explain what I think is happening from a science-ish point … [Read more...] about Some DUI Science and Guesswork