Yay, more pseudo-scientific research about telephone telepathy.

"Rupert Sheldrake, whose research is funded by the respected Trinity College, Cambridge, said on Tuesday he had conducted experiments that proved that such precognition existed for telephone calls and even e-mails."

I guess he’ll be entering James Randi Educational Foundation’s Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge any day now. Or not.

Just a [...]

I just discovered this video on YouTube after visiting magician and skeptic James Randi’s site. It’s very cool.

I’m often reminded of my favorite quote about atheism by Stephen Roberts:

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible [...]

I saw a link over at Boing Boing that points to this article at the Financial Times. It manages to grate on one of my pet peeves. In that article, the author asks:

"Test yourself on the following questions. In each case, it is 1991 and I have removed from you all knowledge of the past [...]

Short and sweet this week.

Potpourri

Rat outsmarts, eludes scientists: Perhaps the rat was running his own little experiment…
Dinosaurs Never Had Feathers
Tiny Humans Hunted Tiny Elephants? I have only one thing to say: Short people got no reason to live.
Chimps Can Keep Quiet: That puts chimps a step ahead of human children.
‘Zombie worms’ found off Sweden: [...]

Tropical Storm Vince has finally become Hurricane Vince, the 23rd named storm of the season. Unfortunately, it’s off by Spain, with no way for it to smack into New Jersey. Can’t have everything, though.

Short and sweet this week.

Tenth Planet’s Moon Named Gabrielle: Normally, scientists are somewhat boring with their naming. These guys are pretty funny, though.
Dolphins Learn Batman Theme: Holy Porpoise, Batman!
Protein Gives Bald Mice Luxurious Locks: Good news for all those bald mice out there.
Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery Unraveled: Bruce Banner is elated!
Chasing Zodiac: My [...]

Ah, Wednesday: the bane of my existence. Anyhow, here’s the strange crap that’s infesting the world this week.

Nature’s Little Oddities

Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina: Dolphins with guns. Sounds like something that will come back to bite us in some dystopian future time.
Dog Flu Jumped From Horses: The flu [...]

Okay, so I took a couple of weeks off to visit the family, but it’s time to get back into the weird and strange things than have happened while I was goofing off.

Odd Astronomy and Space News

Supermassive Black Hole Confirmed: Man, that really sucks. Okay, easy joke.
Mars getting warmer, orbiter data suggests: Mars Republicans [...]