Comments on: Great moments in science

Great moments in science

iffley — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 03:34:15 -0800

Pop-science writing by Karl Kruszelnicki, scientist and broadcaster. Includes fun with kissing, bad breath, biscuit dunking, broccoli, Botox, uses of cow parts, maggots in wounds and the IgNobel prize-winning bellybutton lint research.

By: backOfYourMind

backOfYourMind — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 03:53:29 -0800

Dr. Karl is quite a standby of Australian public radio, with a regular show on JJJ during which people can phone-in for an explanation of some trivial scientific phenomena they've noticed. I see he is also doing a series of commercials on driver safety at the moment.

By: Blake

Blake — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 04:54:12 -0800

"Imagine these startling headlines with the nation at war in the Pacific six months after Dec. 7, 1941: "No Signs of Japanese Involvement in Pearl Harbor Attack! Faulty Intelligence Cited; Wolfowitz: Mistakes Were Made." That's kinda neat, hadn't thought about that one before.

By: iffley

iffley — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:22:03 -0800

Blake: Where in these pop-science articles did you manage to find a quote about faulty pretexts for war?

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:20:17 -0800

I really can't say I find his explanations or ruminations very informative. For example his article on kissing offers nothing more than some feeble observatioinal data and some weak speculation on mechanisms. There are lots of better sources for this type of information. My favourite is the last page of the New Scientist Magazine

By: rushmc

rushmc — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:21:51 -0800

The articles on how all women are mutants was fascinating.