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High-Risk Energy Grants Awarded To Delaware

By nemski October 26, 20095 Comments

Over $150 million in grants were awarded to 37 different "radical" energy research projects reports The New York Times. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), that received its initial funding of…

Delaware Liberal Is Good For You

By Unstable Isotope October 24, 20097 Comments

We at Delaware Liberal like to believe that we bring you a public service: Adults with little Internet experience show changes in their brain activity after just one week online,…

The Dumbing Of America Continues

By Unstable Isotope September 15, 200946 Comments

It's the new political correctness - science is now considered too controversial for America. A movie about the most important scientist of the 19th century and one of the most…

Science Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope September 4, 200912 Comments

I'd thought I'd highlight some of the interesting science stories I've seen lately. Music for the Monkeys This is a really interesting story about music and its ability to effect…

A Challenge

By Unstable Isotope August 31, 200926 Comments

I generally consider myself an optimist (a cynical, realistic, pragmatic optimist) but there is one subject that I'm a pessimist about. That subject is the environment. I'm not sure which…

40 Years Ago Today

By Unstable Isotope July 20, 200912 Comments

Forty years ago, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon.

Science Explains The Difference Between Conservatives and Liberals

By Unstable Isotope July 19, 200910 Comments

I would like to point you to this really interesting article at Gawker of all places, called Scientists Explain Why People Vote For Republicans. The tone of the article is…

Late Night Video

By Unstable Isotope July 18, 20093 Comments

Videos about an interesting Virgin Mary sighting and the science of the sun.

Scientists Differ Significantly From The Public

By Unstable Isotope July 14, 200929 Comments

First, test your science literacy against the general public with this short quiz. The Pew Center recently released the results of a study comparing scientists to the general public and…

Holy Bleep! Swearing Helps to Reduce Pain

By El Somnambulo July 13, 20093 Comments

It's scientifically proven! Somewhere, right now, Donviti is worshipping at the Altar of Science. Dr. Richard Stephens and his research team at Keele University have discovered that: ...volunteers who cursed…

Happy Newton Day!

By Unstable Isotope July 5, 200910 Comments

On this day in 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published probably the most important scientific book in history: Philosiphiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. The Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which is Latin for…

Lunch Break News

By xstryker June 23, 20098 Comments

You've been told a lie - Monsanto and the Agribusiness lobby want you to think chemical farming is vastly superior to organic farming. Organic farming can feed about as many…

Newsweek Takes On Oprah

By Unstable Isotope June 8, 200921 Comments

As much as we complain in the blogosphere about how the media covers issues, sometimes the media gets things right. The latest issue of Newsweek decides to examine some of…