science – rich text https://www.lafferty.ca Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:58:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 Science tattoos https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/09/22/science-tattoos/ Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:58:49 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/09/22/science-tattoos/ Science tattoos on Flickr. [via The Loom]

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old but still funny https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/08/02/old-but-still-funny/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/08/02/old-but-still-funny/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:27:55 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/08/02/old-but-still-funny/ Results 1 – 100 of about 1,580 for “large hardon collider”.

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oh no I’ve got SCALLOP EYES https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/05/11/oh-no-ive-got-scallop-eyes/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/05/11/oh-no-ive-got-scallop-eyes/#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 04:21:28 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/05/11/oh-no-ive-got-scallop-eyes/ Things I did not know: Scallops have eyes.

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Ben Goldacre on bad science reporting https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/04/13/ben-goldacre-on-bad-science-reporting/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:24:24 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/04/13/ben-goldacre-on-bad-science-reporting/ An excellent editorial on bad science reporting by the Grauniad’s Ben Goldacre. [via a wisely deleted mefi post.]

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Breaking science news from CFRA https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/03/03/breaking-science-news-from-cfra/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2007/03/03/breaking-science-news-from-cfra/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:00:48 +0000 http://www.lafferty.ca/2007/03/03/breaking-science-news-from-cfra/ Breaking science news from local Ottawa radio station/news website CFRA.

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This clears things up https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/19/this-clears-things-up/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2006/09/19/this-clears-things-up/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:33:00 +0000

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saw this in a toy store just the other day https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/12/07/saw-this-in-a-toy-store-just-the-other-day/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/12/07/saw-this-in-a-toy-store-just-the-other-day/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:00:00 +0000

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The little chair is not for sitting on. https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/08/18/the-little-chair-is-not-for-sitting-on/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/08/18/the-little-chair-is-not-for-sitting-on/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:39:00 +0000 Here’s an interesting article from Scientific American which discusses how young children start to develop an understanding of symbolism, starting with a memory experiment that turned out not to examine memory at all. See also Metafilter discussion here.

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zzzz. https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/07/06/zzzz/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/07/06/zzzz/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:36:00 +0000 Well, this is good news. I could use the extra sleep.

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oc to po des https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/03/24/oc-to-po-des/ https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/03/24/oc-to-po-des/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:29:00 +0000 Oh, and I forgot to mention the bipedal octopus. First, read this New Scientist article, and then watch that octopus run!

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