Revolutionaries


Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) was a German-born, Swiss, and American theoretical physicist. He is best known for his theory of special relativity that revolutionized our view of space and time, and the theory of general relativity that revolutionized our understanding of gravity.

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The Reformation (1500)
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The Industrial Revolution (1850)
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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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No Extra Brain Cancer due to Cell Phone Use (or WPXI is trying to kill us)

[-1 | 133 | 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.


Do Cosmic Rays Explain Global Warming?

[1 | 124 | 0 | 0]   2010-05-18

A common argument against man-made climate change is that cosmic rays influence cloud cover, cosmic rays are down, so clouds are down, and the Earth is warmer. What does the data say?


Climate Questions Answered

[8 | 515 | 0 | 1]   2009-11-02

Write an op-ed about climate change and you get a lot of emails and questions. Here are the answers!


Metastudies find Metacellphones cause Metacancer.

[-8 | 423 | 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?


Getting Serious About Climate Change

[2 | 380 | 0 | 0]   2009-09-27

Its time we grew up and faced the facts: climate change is real and its man made. By measuring the amount of CO2 we have put in the air and the rise in global temperature, we can estimate future climate changes. The results are not pretty.


The Science Diet

[-21 | 1082 | 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!

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