bites "is a unique comprehensive resource for all those with a personal or professional interest in food safety. Dr. [Doug] Powell of Kansas State University, and associates, search out credible, current, evidence-based information on food safety and make it accessible to domestic and international audiences through multiple media. Sources of food safety information include government regulatory agencies, international organizations such as the
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(Description from website.) The folks responsible for bites also run the more entertainingly named
barfblog.
posted by cog_nate
on Mar 2, 2011 -
10 comments
""Anti-Gravity Hills" (also known as "
Gravity Hills", "Spook Hills", or "
Magnetic Hills") are natural places where cars put into neutral are seen to move uphill on a slightly sloping road, apparently defying the law of gravity. Typically, the "spooky" stretch of road is rather short (50-90 m), only a few meters wide, and surrounded by a natural hill landscape, without nearby buildings. Such places are found in several countries all around the world, and have been tourist attractions for decades. They should not be confused with the "
Mystery Spots"
[previously] found in amusement parks. These are generally tilted cabins, purposely built as such; a person walking inside feels disoriented, getting a very strong impression of standing at an angle in a perfectly normal room."
CSICOP and
Discovery News explain the phenomenon, and here's
the paper on which the CSICOP article was based (PDF).
posted by cog_nate
on Oct 29, 2009 -
41 comments
Freethought Multimedia contains dozens of interviews, conversations and lectures on a variety of topics with/by several contemporary skeptics and freethinkers, including Michael Shermer, James Randi, Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins.
(There's a great links section at the bottom of the page, as well. Particularly good are the University Lectures section and the Lectures Archive.)
posted by cog_nate
on Nov 16, 2007 -
21 comments
