The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm- Are Plants Drunk Off the Excess Carbon Dioxide?
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- In the Presence of Dentyne
- The Space Yoyo
- Pieing Lou Ferrigno
- Light at the End of the World
- H. G. Wells, the Teenage Sidekick of the Father of Science Fiction
- The Right is Right, But the Left is More Right: A Mathematical Proof
- The Ads About Nothing
- Newfoundland Houndstooth
Category Archives: Science
Are Plants Drunk Off the Excess Carbon Dioxide?
Very often, too much of even a good thing can result in wonkiness. For plants, the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because of all mankind’s activities, is probably a good thing for them. You see, plants take in carbon … Continue reading
The Articler
The astute among you will notice that the title has a made up word. The name might make sense if you follow the rest of this post. Over 4 decades ago, mankind first set foot on the moon. It was … Continue reading
Light at the End of the World
I’ve lived through at least three possible ends of the world. And instead of being snuffed out, I’ve found that instead humanity ends up being better off for it. I am not going to restate that ‘whatever doesn’t kill me … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Science Fiction, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 1900s/2000s boundary, 2112, doomsday, end of the Mayan calendar, end of the world, fast as light travel possible, grand tour of the outer solar system, gravity 'slingshot' effect, great dark spot, Higgs boson, Jupiter, Large Hadron Collider, Neptune, planets on same side of sun, possible computer glitch, preparedness, Preppers, Saturn, the Jupiter Effect, Uranus, Voyager I, Voyager II, Y2K
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The Green Day Countdown
Now that the U. S. has entered a new stage of their space program, where their rocket missions are either done privately or in foreign Russia, many think that other remnants of the old space program ought to be updated. … Continue reading
Is There Some Science Behind the Chinese Zodiac?
Long time followers of this blog may remember my Traiters post of a couple years ago. In that post I said that the trait part of astrology may have some truth to it. (Note: I didn’t and don’t believe in … Continue reading
Posted in Humourless, Pseudo Science, Science
Tagged astrology, astrology Venn diagram, Chinese Zodiac, Chinese Zodiac repeats every 12 years, Chinese Zodiac still not science, do animals of Zodiac coexist or hate each other?, economic cycle, recession babies have different traits, traiters, traits
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Faves of 2012
It’s the end of 2012 so let me share a couple of stats with you. I’ve received over 80 000 unique visitors in the three years I’ve had this blog. And in the last year I’ve contributed a 100 new … Continue reading
Mice Can Sing
That title might not be news to you but for me recently it was. I grew up in an old farmhouse that mice came into when winter struck. Many mousetraps were set and later on we came to rely on … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Music, Science
Tagged are cats music critics, cats, male mice serenade their ladies, mice, mice can sing, mouse roar, mousers, mousetraps, scientists, ultrasonic songs
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Pfizer Pfail
Pfizer’s patent on Viagra was pulled in Canada earlier this month. They were caught gaming the patent system by not fully disclosing what the invention was. The point of patents is to get the invention out in the open so … Continue reading →