Most Americans can't name a living scientist
Our Brains Drop Out
It's all very well being open-minded...
5 Aug
2009
The distinctly non-living Albert Einstein comes
second.
26 Jul
2009
As he shows in the rest of the series, Feynman is brilliant at making you go away feeling more intelligent than when you started listening to him.
Richard Feynman explains trains
As he shows in the rest of the series, Feynman is brilliant at making you go away feeling more intelligent than when you started listening to him.
23 Jul
2009
The evidence for the effectiveness of prayer (there's isn't any)
These findings are equivocal and, although some of the results of individual studies suggest a positive effect of intercessory prayer,the majority do not and the evidence does not support a recommendation either in favour or against the use of intercessory prayer. We are not convinced that further trials of this intervention should be undertaken and would prefer to see any resources available for such a trial used to investigate other questions in health care.
Me Elsewhere
