Hermione understands the philosophy of science.
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April 11, 2012
Kansas Periodic Table of Elements: a Comparison
Source: an website which used to spoof the Discovery Institute (but now no longer exists).
April 11, 2012
It’s true: aerobic organisms make delicious pizzas.
If I ever have to make a slide about aerobic organisms, or about respiration, I am SO using this image!
By Michael Kupperman, via Hey Oscar Wilde!
April 11, 2012
Photosynthesis: The Graphic Novel…
If that’s not cool enough, check out this page from the comic, which highlights the Calvin Cycle!
Anyway, read the whole wonderful thing here.
By Jay Hosler.
April 11, 2012
Publishing a scientific paper to get out of a speeding ticket. #ScienceFTW
This is freakin’ awesome! The story goes that this paper was used to get out of a speeding ticket, by being able to show reasonable doubt for his offence. Although the paper was released on April Fools, it would appear that perhaps it’s still real (link)
TITLE: The Proof of Innocence
AUTHOR: Dmitri Krioukov
ABSTRACT: We show that if a car stops at a stop sign, an observer, e.g., a police ocer, located at a certain distance perpendicular to the car trajectory, must have an illusion that the car does not stop, if the following three conditions are satis ed: (1) the observer measures not the linear but angular speed of the car; (2) the car decelerates and subsequently accelerates relatively fast; and (3) there is a short-time obstruction of the observer’s view of the car by an external object, e.g., another car, at the moment when both cars are near the stop sign.
SINGLE SENTENCE SYPNOSIS: A way to fight your traffic tickets.
LINK: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0162 | PDF: click here
Going to guess there aren’t too many method sections that rely on a Subaru versus Toyota system.
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