Some things can remind you about almost everything. (Jane Siberry demonstrated this with her song “Everything reminds me of my dog.”) Some ideas can explain specific physical patterns—patterns you can see around you if you start looking for them, patterns you can try to measure and ruthlessly compare with each other. And some of those […]
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Forensic Analyses of Jesus: shock, awe, whatever
A Science Now report called “Did an Unholy Trinity Kill Jesus?” alerts us to a new monograph from a doctor named Joseph Bergeron, who labors every day surrounded by people in pain, a fact that may be, but is not necessarily, connected with his choice of topic: “The crucifixion of Jesus: Review of hypothesized mechanisms […]
On Contagious Yawning in the Red-Footed Tortoise
Scientists know a bit more about contagious yawning – one of science’s utter mysteries – than they did a year ago, thanks to a study called No Evidence of Contagious Yawning in the Red-Footed Tortoise,Geochelone carbonaria. The study’s authors say their experiments, conducted with seven tortoises, might help eliminate some of the many competing theories as […]