Category Archives: Science & Technology
Science of Scrambled Eggs
How to Hatch a Dinosaur Wired.com – THOMAS HAYDEN – Sep 26, 2011 Horner’s plan, in essence, is to start off by creating experimental atavisms in the lab. Activate enough ancestral characteristics in a single chicken, he reasons, and you’ll … more
Evolution of Cartoon Science
Was Darwin Wrong? National Geographic Magazine – DAVID QUAMMEN – Nov 2004 Evolutionary theory, though, is a bit different. It’s such a dangerously wonderful and far-reaching view of life that some people find it unacceptable, despite the vast body of … more
Semen bombardment delivered gold and silver to Earth
Meteorites delivered gold to Earth BBC News – LEILA BATTISON – Sep 8, 2011 Scientists have shown that the Earth’s surface became enriched with precious metals by impacting meteorites.
Invisible Planets
Huffington Post – DEAN PRAETORIUS – Sep 8, 2011 Kepler-19c exists, but scientists have never seen it.
Stop repetition of birth and death
If nobody dies, worry the scientists, the population will overrun the Earth. But Bhagavad-gita asserts that what we perceive to be death is merely changing of the body from one to another; the living entities do not die and disappear … more
8,400,000 species of life known to Padma Purana
8.7 million species exist on Earth, study estimates Washington Post – JULIA EILPERIN – Aug 24, 2011 For centuries scientists have pondered a central question: How many species exist on Earth? Now, a group of researchers has offered an answer: … more
Scientists looking to get a life
Possibly it helps their cause that until now there is no consensus among scientists as to what exactly the definition of life is…
Scientific Findings Proved and Unproved
We can only experiment under certain conditions, and if the conditions are not favorable, our experiments fail. Why then are we so proud of experimental knowledge? Failed replication in science experiments invalidates research across science fields.
Defying Death — Don’t hold your breath
…Although an old man desires to enjoy his senses, and especially sex life, he is very miserable because his instruments of enjoyment no longer function. Such sensualists are never prepared for death. They simply want to live on and on … more