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Breast Cancer Screening -- the Great Debate
posted by GJ on November 20, 2009 @ 8:05AM

You have probably seen this on TV or in the papers--the United States Preventative Services Task Force has issued recommendations that say something to the effect that women under 50 do not need early-detection breast cancer screening--that it provides little to no value and causes much harm / cost due to the high false positive rate.  Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of passionate defense of the current recommendations (that women between the ages of 40 and 50 get this test once a year).

Now, I'm no medical doctor, but one of my favorite bloggers is.  Yep, he's a skeptic too, big surprise there, but he's also a cancer specialist.  That is to say, that's his day job, so he knows a wee bit more than yours truly and probably more than anyone else reading this blog.  So, without further adieu...check out his article on this study and what it really means, sans all of the passionate (but ill-informed) arguments you've probably seen to date. 

2 comments | Tags: science

Here comes some real science!!!
posted by GJ on November 9, 2009 @ 10:15AM

This is just cool.

 

7 comments | Tags: science

Awesome lake photos and stories
posted by GJ on October 21, 2009 @ 9:45AM

Not much to say, just click and be amazed. Or at least vaguely interested.

No comments | Tags: pictures, science

GM should have invested in these folks...
posted by GJ on October 14, 2009 @ 3:19PM

...as opposed to spending all that money on that ridiculous Volt project.  

Yep, this idea holds far more promise, and I think it makes the most sense of any electric car project I've seen to date.   

What do you think? 

15 comments | Tags: cars, science

Shroud of Turin -- so much for the supernatural aspect!
posted by GJ on October 6, 2009 @ 11:55AM

Oh, those pesky scientists.  First, in 1988, they used carbon dating to show the Shroud of Turin to have been created around 1350 AD, a little out of whack with the Jesus Timeline (TM).  Of course, at that time, those evildoers couldn't explain how to create the artifact, so of course most religious artifact fans pooh-poohed the dating method.  Now, an Italian chemist has shown precisely how to create a look alike Shroud using medievally-known chemicals.  Looks like (surprise) a fake, likely created by religious profiteers and later obtained by the Church, having bought the profiteers stories hook, line and sinker.

I'm thinking religion might want to rethink the whole physical evidence angle.  They don't win those battles much anymore, what, with the Scientific Method (TM) deployed by their sworn enemies over the past several centuries.

Oh, in other news...seems some neocons don't much care for that Liberal Commie Jesus of the New Testament and are rewriting the King James version of the Bible to suit their beliefs.  I actually have no problem with this--this is how the Bible has been edited since it was first written.   

2 comments | Tags: religion, science

How Science Savvy Are You?
posted by GJ on September 22, 2009 @ 9:42AM

Pew Pew Pew Reseach (if you got that pun you're a geek) is hosting a survey to study how science-savvy the general public is.  You can try it here.  Be sure to check out the demographics breakdown after the survey, it's kind of interesting to see how the result break out across gender, age and education.

7 comments | Tags: science

More anti-woo hilarity!
posted by GJ on August 25, 2009 @ 11:35AM

This is Irish comic Dara O'Briain.

2 comments | Tags: woo, video, funny, science

The galaxy is, well, gigantic
posted by GJ on August 12, 2009 @ 10:15AM

Watch this one in HD, you won't regret it.

3 comments | Tags: video, science

Wow, that was a Close One!
posted by GJ on July 21, 2009 @ 9:57AM

We nearly got hit by a small asteroid the other day--it sailed overhead, about 45,000 miles away.  Before you say, "gee, that wasn't very close" let me add that our TV satellites orbit around half that distance.  Had it hit, and hit land, you would have seen something very similar to the 1908 Tungusta blast--basically, the equivalent of a moderate nuclear blast.  Check out this animation that shows the path of the offender of late:

7 comments | Tags: science

Oooh, it's the Moon...in HD! Geoff should like this!
posted by GJ on June 5, 2009 @ 4:17PM

It should come at no surprise to anyone that this was not taken by a US spacecraft--oh, no, this was done by the Japanese.  They actually spend money on this sort of thing.  :)

2 comments | Tags: video, science

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