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Category Archives: Chemistry
Just Another Batshit Crazy Politician: Nevada Assemblywoman Claims Cancer is a Fungus That Can Be Flushed Out with Baking Soda
By Elaine Magliaro Steve Benen (MSNBC) wrote today that “the relationship between Republicans and modern science has become strained lately. In recent months, we’ve seen GOP officials – including senators, governors, and presidential candidates – balk at climate science, contraception, … Continue reading
John Oliver on Big Pharma and the Marketing of Drugs to Doctors
By Elaine Magliaro John Oliver’s HBO program Last Week Tonight is back from a three-month hiatus. Oliver did a killer segment last night on Big Phrama and the huge amount of money that drug companies spend on marketing their drugs … Continue reading
Jet Fuel From Seawater: No longer a pipe dream
by Charlton Stanley This did not exactly come as a news story to me. I had this discussion with one of my best friends from high school years ago. Normally, a discussion with a former next door neighbor doesn’t amount … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, Biology, Chemistry, Climatology, Education, Energy Policy, Investing, Physics, Uncategorized, USN
Tagged carbon capture, fuel from seawater, jet fuel, Naval Research Laboratory, Oil Maggots, seawater
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Them Bones: 3-D Printing
by GENE HOWINGTON In a stunning demonstration of the positive side of the development of 3-D (a.k.a. additive) printing technology, a team of innovative Dutch surgeons led by Dr. Bon Verweij with the help of Australian prosthetic company Anatomics have … Continue reading
Just for Fun on Friday a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: Jack Gerard’s American Petroleum Institute
POSTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO From Mark Fiore’s website: Keystone XL and tar sands oil are emissions-free wonders that will do everything good you ever thought possible. (At least according to the American Petroleum Institute.) Let’s take a look at the … Continue reading
Posted in Chemistry, United States
Tagged American Petroleum Institute, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mark Fiore
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Cancer and the Beauty of Discovery
By GENE HOWINGTON Technology is oft compared to a two-edged blade. Usually just before some horrific cautionary tale about “science run amok”. No new technology in recent memory has sparked quite as much speculative fear as nanotechnology. From real science … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Science
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(Really) Cold Case: Alexander the Great
By GENE HOWINGTON One of the great leaders from the ancient west was the son of Philip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great. Educated in the classics by Aristotle and in the arts of war and statecraft by his father, … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Chemistry, History, Science
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