Revolutionaries


Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858 - 1947) was a German physicist. He is considered to be the founder of quantum theory, which revolutionized our understanding of the very small and ushered in the electronic age.

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In the News

Link Between Tanning Beds, Melanoma Grows Stronger (USA Today)
MMR Doctor Struck From Register (BBC)
A Link Between Pesticides and ADHD (Time)
Another Plastics Ingredient Raises Safety Concerns (Science News)
The Big Test for Bisphenol A (Nature)
The 'Killer Fungus': Should We Be Scared? (Time)

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health


No Extra Brain Cancer due to Cell Phone Use (or WPXI is trying to kill us)

[-2 | 167 | 0 | 0]   2010-05-18

A recent article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows no increase in brain cancer rates since cell phones became popular. In the meantime WPXI tv is trying to kill us all.


Metastudies find Metacellphones cause Metacancer.

[-9 | 461 | 0 | 4]   2009-11-01

The LA Times has recently reported on a metastudy that finds cell phone users suffer 10 to 30% more cancer than nonusers. How well does the claim stand up to scrutiny?


The Science Diet

[-20 | 1160 | 0 | 0]   2009-02-28

Forests have been felled and fortunes spent on diets and dieting. The money has been wasted and almost all the words are worthless drivel. Find the secrets to the only diet that really works. And its free!


Cell Phone Fraud Exposed

[18 | 951 | 0 | 1]   2008-09-01

The journal Science is reporting that two studies claiming that radiation from cell phones can cause DNA damage are fraudulent.


Cell Phone Paranoia Exposed

[22 | 864 | 0 | 0]   2008-08-07

The physics behind the interaction of radiation and matter tells us that cell phones cannot cause cancer. So why does the idea persist? We dig into the history of radiation and cancer to find out why.


Cellphone Update

[-18 | 961 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-23

Cellphones are causing more and more cancer!

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