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  Official: urine is worth more than champagne Have you ever heard the phrase (usually directed at some very recently-single lady) “he’s not worth your tears”? Well, how much are tears worth, really? How much are any of your bodily fluids worth? Thankfully the good people at Innovative... Posted Jun 26 2008, 05:11 AM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: amp, phrase, handy graph, innovative research, bodily fluids

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  As far as I understand thinktanks…. Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Saturday June 7 2008 It is with deep regret that I must alert you to a frightening decline in the quality of maths in reports complaining about the frightening decline in the quality of maths in Britain. “The value of... Posted Jun 07 2008, 01:33 PM by Bad Science Feeds Filed under: amp, guardian, media coverage, maths, decline, saturday june

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  DNA Excerpt: Fermat’s Last Theorem From Fermat’s Last Theorem (also titled as Fermat’s Enigma) by Simon Singh: “In mathematical terms the final proof is the equivalent of splitting the atom or finding the structure of DNA,” announced John Coates. Posted Jun 06 2008, 01:05 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: amp, structure of dna, mathematical terms, splitting the atom, simon singh, proof, john coates

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  Chemistry student offends teacher, aces test We’ve seen a lot of ’stupid exam answers’ in the past, but I like this one best. Click the image for the full picture. Why do I love it so? Because even though he managed to leave snide comments for every question, he still aced the... Posted Jun 04 2008, 08:16 AM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: amp, snide comments

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  Stupid Transport Poster The fact that the tagline is “Making the city work together” means this designer failed twice over when creating this advert. Incidentally, I recently spotted a London South Bank University poster that was exactly the same, but didn’t... Posted Jun 02 2008, 05:30 AM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: amp, photo, crap, advert, tagline, south bank university, london south bank university, london south bank

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  Blogs vs mainstream media Ben Goldacre The Guardian, Saturday May 31 2008 You will remember last week we were talking about the £2,000 Dore “miracle cure” for dyslexia, invented by paint entrepreneur Wynford Dore. It had been pushed unrelentingly in the media, despite... Posted May 30 2008, 06:26 PM by Bad Science Feeds Filed under: amp, guardian, miracle, personal endorsement, itc, ofcom, wynford dore, kenny logan, judgements, entrepreneur, paint, dyslexia

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  The truth about food Source: Prospect Magazine Author: Robert Paarlberg Date: May 29, 2008 As everyone knows, the price of many basic foodstuffs has surged in the past half year. Rice tripled in price over just the first four months of 2008, wheat doubled and corn rose 46... Posted May 29 2008, 08:40 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: amp, new york times, corn, wheat, half year, world food, author robert, prospect magazine, four months, paarlberg, magazine author, foodstuffs

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  Breakthrough: Scientists Encode Genome From MSNBC: Scientists encode [sic] first woman’s genome: Project allows scientists to compare DNA of men and women Wow! They’ve encoded an entire genome! NOT. Usually, the reference is to a genome being decoded although there is debate surrounding... Posted May 29 2008, 01:55 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: scientists, amp, dna, genome project, msnbc, rpm, men and women

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  Transgenic maize to cure HIV/AIDS Scientific Blogging has an interesting article entitled “Will Corn Help Cure AIDS?” The article is about study findings released in April - by scientists from the Universidad de Lleida (University of Lleida) in Spain -which detail how transgenic... Posted May 25 2008, 02:07 PM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: scientists, amp, blogging, aids, hiv, maize corn, study findings, transgenic maize, hiv aids, universidad de lleida, spain

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  Dore - the media’s miracle cure for dyslexia How do you judge if an intervention is effective when you hear about it in the media? Perhaps you tot up the balance of opinions. Perhaps you do it unconsciously. You might have noticed the Dore “miracle cure” for dyslexia, invented by millionaire... Posted May 23 2008, 05:31 PM by Bad Science Feeds Filed under: amp, millionaire, miracle, entrepreneur, paint, dyslexia

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  Watch Detects Alien DNA Are you aware of the dangers alien DNA can wreak? Probably not unless you’re wearing the Tokyoflash Biohazard watch. With the threat of Alien Invasion growing ever closer & the distinct possibility that “they” are already here, it’s... Posted May 22 2008, 01:06 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: amp, tokyoflash, alien dna, probes, distinct possibility, scanner, alien invasion

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  Gruesome-yet-awesome plasma scalpel Here’s a video you shouldn’t watch too soon after breakfast: the PEAK Wound Healing revolution. If you’re tired of a razor scalpel (so primitive!) or a cauterising scalpel (it’s just a soldering iron!), PEAK have developed the... Posted May 20 2008, 11:00 PM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: amp, kick ass, coffee, razor, wound healing, iron peak, soldering iron

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  Gay scientists isolate Christianity gene (video) While I’m taking pot shots at the God Squad, please enjoy this cracking Brass Eye-style piece from the Chaser NoN-stop News Network, an Australian parody of the American news format. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzbNkyXO50   Posted May 18 2008, 07:51 AM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: amp, american news, eye style, pot shots, brass eye, god squad, stop news, chaser, parody, style piece, news network

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  Project Ladybird is go! For a long time now, unbeknownst to all but a few select friends, I have been planning a project of such pure, unfiltered awesomeness that it will surely melt your brain were you to even consider it. This is what I will hereon refer to as “Project... Posted May 06 2008, 03:03 PM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: amp, brain, long time, unfiltered

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  “Pixie Dust helps man grow new finger” Very briefly - because this kind of thing irritates me so much that I can’t be bothered to devote a great deal of time to it - in almost every single newspaper and media outlet today you will read about the Pixie Dust which helped a man’s... Posted May 01 2008, 06:32 AM by Bad Science Feeds Filed under: amp, s finger, pixie dust