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Nathan Explains Science: October 2013
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Science news and commentary from an actual scientist. Friday, October 18, 2013. People Are Ignorant. Big Deal, Right? Weve been on the theme of political ignorance for nearly a month now, and so far weve concluded that people are generally pretty ignorant, but we dont yet understand whether this is such a bad thing. Recall from last time. There were three arguments about whether political ignorance matters. Posted by Nathan Collins. Science, Reporters, Teaching, and More Coffee: Part II. Some Blogs I Read.
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Nathan Explains Science: People Are Ignorant. Big Deal...Right?
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Science news and commentary from an actual scientist. Friday, June 17, 2011. People Are Ignorant. Big Deal.Right? I wrote about the fact that people generally don't know much about politics, though there is variance, and I wrote about why people know what they know. Basically, learning about politics takes effort, so people only know the things that are the easiest to learn about, which isn't much. 1) People don't need to know all the details as long as they know enough to figure out what's best for them.
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Nathan Explains Science: June 2013
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Science news and commentary from an actual scientist. Saturday, June 8, 2013. In case you missed it. A few, short, cool stories I did for ScienceNOW. Check them out. Comment and ask me questions in the comments! Possibly helpful when dealing with predators. Posted by Nathan Collins. Thursday, June 6, 2013. How to cloak a Fisher space pen.or a satellite. Posted by Nathan Collins. Labels: Fisher space pen. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. In case you missed it. Some Blogs I Read.
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Nathan Explains Science: May 2013
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Science news and commentary from an actual scientist. Friday, May 24, 2013. A Snapshot of the Inside of an Atom" at ScienceNOW. My first story for ScienceNOW in quite a long time, and it's a fun one. Scientists at FOM Institute AMOLF took a picture of the quantum wave function of electrons as they emerged from hydrogen atoms. Posted by Nathan Collins. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Seeing the Forest for the Splotchy Green Blob. Posted by Nathan Collins. What people think about science. View my complete profile.
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Nathan Explains Science: "A Snapshot of the Inside of an Atom" at ScienceNOW
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Science news and commentary from an actual scientist. Friday, May 24, 2013. A Snapshot of the Inside of an Atom" at ScienceNOW. My first story for ScienceNOW in quite a long time, and it's a fun one. Scientists at FOM Institute AMOLF took a picture of the quantum wave function of electrons as they emerged from hydrogen atoms. Posted by Nathan Collins. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. A Snapshot of the Inside of an Atom at ScienceNO. Some Blogs I Read.
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Nathan Explains Science: Seeing the Forest for the Splotchy Green Blob
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Science news and commentary from an actual scientist. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Seeing the Forest for the Splotchy Green Blob. Lesson for today: statistics is hard. Specifically, it's hard to sort out real patterns from random noise, especially when you don't have a lot of data. Nonetheless, people sure do their darndest. A little bit randomly — I followed a link from Facebook, then another mentioned on a Web site — I found this: Cancer Cluster or Chance? Referring to stories like A Civil Action. Key is "...
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Nathan Explains Science: Coffee Science with Four Barrel's Alex Powar
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Science news and commentary from an actual scientist. Saturday, February 23, 2013. Coffee Science with Four Barrel's Alex Powar. We're talking chemistry. Sort of. "Chlorogenic acid, for instance, esterizes into quinic and caffeic acid. Quinic acid.so that produces a lot of bitterness. That's why you never want to reheat coffee. It catalyzes that reaction.". Full disclosure: I'm a regular, and I'm really enjoying the espresso. As in quinine [the chemical that gives tonic water its flavor]? Exactly —...
