Blog Posts in September 2012
Sep 26, 2012
The likable, enthusiastic teacher once again injected humor into his television program as he went through another science experiment poking fun at himself by being a bit of a goof ball. In this way, “Bill Nye the Science Guy” endeared himself to parents and kids...
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Sep 18, 2012
In July, Rolf Heuer, director of the European Center of Nuclear Research (CERN), announced that they had discovered evidence for a new particle with characteristics consistent with the theoretical Higgs boson, commonly called the “god particle”. (1)
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Sep 10, 2012
Bill Nye the Science Guy, host of a PBS TV science show, slammed creationism in an online video titled Creationism Is Not Appropriate for Children. Now, with more than 4 million views, the video reveals his strong evolutionary bias and his own ignorance of the...
Sep 4, 2012
Recently, Italian scientists found the world’s oldest mites in amber (fossilized resin from coniferous trees). The samples are said to be 230 million years old, and yet “they’re dead ringers for (modern) gall mites,” said the lead author David Grimaldi. To...
